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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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

Gyda

Old Norse Gyða (f.)

Gyða appears early in Norway and is frequent there but it is not as common in Iceland. It appears in two Danish runic inscriptions and is common in other Danish sources. The name also appears in a few Swedish runic inscriptions and is found in later Swedish sources. Gyða is also attested in medieval documents from Lincolnshire and Domesday Book for Yorkshire.

The name is a pet form of Gyríðr and it has been suggested that it was borrowed from England because several of the oldest carriers of the name appear to be of mixed Nordic and English origin.

 

Old Norse Name

Gyða

Anglicised Name

Gyda

Gender

Female

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

female_name, Lincolnshire, North_Yorkshire, personal-name, Yorkshire

Further information

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 95.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 119-120.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 427-429.

 

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