[antir-heralds] byname help - documentation for Rolfsson

[Caitrina Lions Blood]

Thank you so much for such a quick response Ursula, and for helping me learn
something :)

Caitrina

-----Original Message-----
From: Ursula Whitcher [mailto:ursula at math.washington.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:14 PM
To: Caitrina Lions Blood; antir-heralds at antir.sca.org
Subject: Re: [antir-heralds] byname help - documentation for Rolfsson

Caitrina Lions Blood wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> I was hoping someone might have some knowledge of Danish naming practices.
> Unfortunately I don't have the desired year or exact place but am hoping
> someone might be able to help just the same.
> 
> The byname in question is Rolfsson, as in 'son of Rolf'.  

Reaney & Wilson s.n. Rolf say that <Rolf> is an Old Danish form derived 
from Old Norse <Hro/lfr>.  There are several Saint Gabriel reports which 
discuss Danish patronymics, such as 1927 and 2740:

http://www.s-gabriel.org/1927
http://www.s-gabriel.org/2740

Based on this information, it looks like <Rolfsson> is a reasonable 
construction.

Ursula Georges.