Spillir written in Viking Age runes (Group A). Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark.
Spillir written in Viking Age runes (Group A)

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

Spillir written in Viking Age runes (Group A). Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark. Spillir written in Viking Age runes (Group B). Group B runes were common in Viking Age Norway, Sweden and were also found in Britain Spillir written in medieval runes (Group C). Group C runes were most common in the post-Viking period.

Spillir

Old Norse Spillir

Spillir is a relatively rare male name which is found as the first element in the place-name Spilsby, Lincolnshire. The name possibly derives from the Old Norse word spillir ‘spoiler, breaker’.

Old Norse Name

Spillir

Anglicised Name

Spillir

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

Kenneth Cameron, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society (1998), p. 115.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 260.

E.H. Lind. Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Supplementband. Oslo: Jacob Dybwads Bokhandel  (1931), col. 743.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 941.

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