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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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

Bjor

Old Norse Bjórr (m.)

Bjórr is an original byname meaning ‘beaver’. It is recorded in a Norwegian runic inscription as the name of a mane who took part in Cnut’s expedition  to England and died there (c. 1015). Biur is recorded in Sweden as a byname.

Old Norse Name

Bjórr

Anglicised Name

Bjor

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

byname, male_name, personal-name

Further information

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala:Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 43.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 54.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 140.

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