The name Áslákr in runes
Áslákr written in Viking Age runes (Group A)

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Áslákr in runes The name Áslákr in runes The name Áslákr in runes

Aslak

Old Norse Áslákr (m.)

The male name Áslákr is common in Norway in both the Viking Age and later, and also occurs in a few runic inscriptions from Denmark and Sweden. It forms the first element of the Nottinghamshire hybrid place-name Aslockton and is also found in Aslackby in Lincolnshire.

Old Norse Name

Áslákr

Anglicised Name

Aslak

Gender

Male

Features in Saga

 

 

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

This object is related to Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.
Find out about Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 31.

Kenneth Cameron, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society (1998), p. 5.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 33-34.

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 219.

E. H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 76-79.

 

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