Addendum to cultural note: Naming Freelance Traveller (28 Nov 2014 17:06 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming Grimmund (10 Dec 2014 14:06 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming Grimmund 10 Dec 2014 14:06 UTC

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Freelance Traveller
<editor@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:

> In cases where the father was not known, it was
> not unusual for a matronymic to be used (e.g., Hjalmar Helguson), but
> another option was also seen: The use of the patronymic/matronymic form
> of a deity's name: Magnus Þorsson, Helga Freyasdottir. The deitic
> patronymic/matronymic was also used for foundlings.
>

 Interesting.  How far back can you document the use of
diety-parentage as a bastardy mark?

Dan

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