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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Ragni

Old Norse Ragni (m.)

Ragni is a short form of names in Ragn-, related to Old Norse regin, genitive plural ragna, ‘ruling powers, the gods’. The personal name element probably has the sense of ‘advice’, but it may indicate ‘the gods’, as it does in Ragnarök, the name of the apocalypse in Old Norse mythology.

A few late instances of the personal name are recorded in West Scandinavia, it is recorded in several runic inscriptions in Sweden. Also, Ragni is the first element of the place-name Ragnall, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Ragni

Anglicised Name

Ragni

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, mythology, Norse_mythology, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Judith Jesch, ‘The meaning of Ragnarok‘, blog post 19/02/2014.

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 180.

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

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

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