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

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

The name Þorlákr in runes The name Þorlákr in runes The name Þorlákr in runes

Thorlak

Old Norse Þorlákr (m.)

The male name Þorlákr is recorded in a number of Scandinavian runic inscriptions. It is rare in England but is possibly recorded in a minor name Thurlowbooth in Crich, Derbyshire. There is a further East Midlands connection, as its best-known bearer, the Icelandic bishop Þorlákr, studied in Lincoln in the twelfth century.

Old Norse Name

Þorlákr

Anglicised Name

Thorlak

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

bishop, male_name, personal-name, saint

Further information

References

John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk. Uppsala: Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi LXII (1994), pp. 419-421.

Kenneth Cameron, The Place-Names of Derbyshire II. English Place-Name Society Volume XXVIII (1959), p. 438.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Supplementband. Oslo: Jacob Dybwads Bokhandel (1931), col. 1187-1190.

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