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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Gulla

Old Norse Gulla (f.)

Gulla is recorded in several runic inscriptions in Sweden. There is one attestation of Gulla in the form of Golle in a medieval Lincolnshire document (c. 1218-1219).

It is a short form of Old Norse names in Guðl-. 

Old Norse Name

Gulla

Anglicised Name

Gulla

Gender

Female

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

female_name, Lincolnshire, personal-name

Further information

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 89.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 111.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 400.

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