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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Blesi in runes The name Blesi in runes The name Blesi in runes

Blesi

Old Norse Blesi (m.)

The male name Blesi is found in two Swedish runic inscriptions and is also recorded as the name of one of the original settlers of Iceland. It was originally a by-name, meaning ‘blaze, white spot on a horse’s forehead’.

Blesi is also the first element in the place-name Bleasby, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Blesi

Anglicised Name

Blesi

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

Horses, male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

Acknowledgements

Image © Gemma Edwards, used with permission

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 45.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 58.

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 155.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska personbinamn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1920-1921), col. 30.

 

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