Bak written in Viking Age runes (Group A)
Bak written in Viking Age runes (Group A)

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

Bak written in Viking Age runes (Group A) Bak written in Viking Age runes (Group B) Bak written in medieval runes (Group C)

Bak

Old Norse Bak (m.)

Bak is an original byname meaning ‘back’ and is not recorded as a given name in Scandinavia.  It is the first element in the place-name Baston, Lincolnshire, and is also found as the first element of Baxby, in North Yorkshire.

Old Norse Name

Bak

Anglicised Name

Bak

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

byname, male_name, personal-name

Further information

This object is related to Baston, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Baston, Lincolnshire.

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 45.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska personbinamn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1920-1921), col. 13.

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