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Lothin / Luthin / Lothen / Luddin
Hi Bagpus,The original form of these names is the Old Norse name Loðinn from the adjective 'loðinn' meaning hairy, shaggy, woolly.Other forms include Ludhin (Old Swedish), Loðinn ("modern" Icelandic) and Loðin ("modern" Faroese).Regards, SatuP.S: No, there's no W in the Old Norse alphabet.P.S.2: These are the first three hits when googling "Old English names":http://www.ealdriht.org/names/Englishnames.htm
http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/names/lists/oldenglish.html
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/english.shtmlI don't know the sites, so I cannot recommend any of them - just take a look!
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Attn Satu - re LothThank you!!! I have been searching everywhere for this name
Do you know by any change the second element of Lothbruk - "Bruk"??Somehow the river "Wafenia" relates to his name too?, i thought the meaning of this was something like "troubled waters"??
Any idea's? as there is no obvious connection?He was a Viking tribal leader (868ad), is this name known to you?
Upon his death, his sons Ingu and Ubba came to England and murdered King Edmund. I'll check out these sites, thanks for the tip, regards "Bagpus"
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the VikingHi again,There's a Viking "Ragnarr Loðbrók". You probably mean him?
Loðbrók is a byname and means "loden breeches, woollen trousers"Concerning Wafenia (Waveney) I've found this site:http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/12/12-3151.htmlsaying:...the river Waveney, whose name elements *wagen 'quagmire' and ea 'river'...I cannot see a connection between the river and the Viking though...Regards,
Satu
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