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

Description

Description Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Gunnolf in runes The name Gunnolf written in runes Gunnolf written in runes

Gunnolf

Old Norse Gunnólfr (m.)

Gunnólfr is a common name throughout Scandinavia. Although it is not well attested in the Icelandic sagas, there are many instances of the personal name in medieval Scandinavian documents as well as in the Icelandic quasi-historical text Landnámabók ‘The Book of Settlements’, which recounts the settlement of Iceland.

The personal name also occurs in its Old East Norse form, Gunnulf, as the first element in the place-name Gonalston, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Gunnólfr/Gunnúlfr

Anglicised Name

Gunnolf

Gender

Male

Features in Saga

Íslendingabók. Landnámabók, ed. Jakob Benediktsson. Íslenzk fornrit I. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1968, chs 204, 216, 264.

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), pp. 166-167.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 420-422.

 

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