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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Skalli

Old Norse Skalli (m.)

Skalli an original byname meaning ‘bald-head’. It is recorded in Western Scandinavian mythology as the name of a giant, it is fairly common as a byname in Norway and Iceland. A few instances are recorded in runic inscriptions in Sweden and in Danish place-names.

Skalli is the first element in Scawby, Lincolnshire, as well in several other place-names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

Old Norse Name

Skalli

Anglicised Name

Skalli

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

byname, male_name, mythology, Norse_mythology, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 244.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 908.

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