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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Þórðr in runes The name Þórðr in runes The name Þórðr in runes

Thord

Old Norse Þórðr (m.)

The Old Norse male name Þórðr is one of the commonest in Scandinavian, particularly Norway and Iceland. While it is not especially common in English place-names, it is found in Torworth, Nottinghamshire.

Old Norse Name

Þórðr

Anglicised Name

Thord

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk. Uppsala: Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi LXII (1994), pp. 401-402.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 302.

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 100.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 1152-1156.

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