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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Legg

Old Norse Leggr (m.)

An original byname, Leggr ‘leg-bone, leg’ appears first in Norway as a byname and is borne by one of the original settlers in Iceland, but is found as a personal name in West Scandinavia.

Leggr is the first element of the place name Legsby, Lincolnshire.

Old Norse Name

Leggr

Anglicised Name

Legg

Gender

Male

Features in Saga

Íslendingabók. Landnámabók, ed. Jakob Benediktsson. Íslenzk fornrit I. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1968, ch. 308.

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 184-185.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 731.

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