Bild

Old Norse Bíldr (m.)

The Old Norse male personal name Bíldr is originally a byname meaning ‘blade’. It is the personal name of a fictional character in West Scandinavia and is frequently used as a byname there. A Bildus  is mentioned in Saxo and the name appears as a byname in Denmark and may be found in some Danish place-names. Bildr is the first element of the place-name of Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Bíldr

Anglicised Name

Bild

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

byname, male_name, Nottinghamshire, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 53.

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 45.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska personbinamn  från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1920-1921), cols 23-24.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), cols 138-139.

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