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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Ragnhildr in runes The name Ragnhildr in runes The name Ragnhildr in runes

Ragnhild

Old Norse Ragnhildr (f.)

The female name Ragnhildr is very common throughout the Scandinavian world, including several parts of Britain and Ireland, up to modern times. There is a suggestion that it was restricted to royalty and aristocrats in the Viking Age and then spread to other social groups. It may be the first element of the Lincolnshire place-name Raventhorpe, although in fact the earliest forms suggest the male name Ragnaldr, and more recent publications prefer this interpretation.

Old Norse Name

Ragnhildr

Anglicised Name

Ragnhild

Gender

Female

Features in Saga

 

 

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

female_name, Lincolnshire, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Carole Hough, ‘Women in English place-names’, in ‘Lastworda Betst’. Essays in memory of Christine E. Fell with her unpublished writings, ed. Carole Hough and Kathryn A. Lowe. Donington: Shaun Tyas (2002), pp. 41-106.

Kenneth Cameron, The Place-Names of Lincolnshire VI. English Place-Name Society Volume LXXVII (2001), p. 75.

John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk. Uppsala: Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi, LXII (1994), pp. 318-319.

Gillian Fellows Jensen. Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 213-215.

E. H. Lind. Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 842-844.

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