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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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

Hroald

Old Norse Hróaldr (m.)

Hróaldr was a common name throughout Viking Age Scandinavia, appearing in a few Swedish and Danish runic inscriptions. The name is used in modern Scandinavian today as Roald which was given the famous British children’s author Roald Dahl by his parents who were Norwegian immigrants to Wales.

The personal name also appears as the first element in the place-name Rolleston, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Hroaldr

Anglicised Name

Hroald

Gender

Male

Features in Saga

Íslendingabók. Landnámabók, ed. Jakob Benediktsson. Íslenzk fornrit I. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1968, ch. 6, 41-42, 67-68, 126, 195, 208, 245, 269, 310, 334, 344, 373.

The Vinland Sagas, trans. Keneva Kunz. London: Penguin. 2008. 

Vestfirðinga sǫgur. ed. Björn K. Þórólfsson and Guðni Jónsson. Íslenzk fornrit VI. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1943, ch. 6.

 

 

 

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, Nottinghamshire, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 118.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Supplementband. Oslo: Jacob Dybwads Bokhandel (1931), col. 466-469

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 578-580

 

 

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