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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Gunni

Old Norse Gunni (m.)

Gunni is a short form of Old Norse personal names in Gunn– from Old Norse gunnr, guðr ‘battle’. The personal name is very common throughout areas of the Viking diaspora and occurs in several place-names including three in Normandy. Gunni is also found in Danish and Swedish runic inscriptions.

Gunni is the first element in three Lincolnshire place-names: Gunness, Gunby, and Gunthorpe.

Old Norse Name

Gunni

Anglicised Name

Gunni

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), pp. 92, 272, 281, 287, 290.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 116-117, 344.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 411-413.

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