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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Þorgeirr in runes The name Þorgeirr in runes The name Þorgeirr in runes

Thorgeir

Old Norse Þorgeirr (m.)

The male name Þorgeirr is extremely common in the Viking world (including Ireland and Normandy) and an anglicised version appears as the first element of the village- and wapentake-name Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire.

 

Old Norse Name

Þorgeirr

Anglicised Name

Thorgeir

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

male_name, personal-name

Further information

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

References

John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk. Uppsala: Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi LXII (1994), pp. 405-406.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 305.

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), pp. 154, 178.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), col. 1163-1166.

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