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Osgeard

Discussion of the name

Osgeard is a masculine OE name formed from the elements ōs (‘divinity, god’) and geard (‘protection’). The second element was relatively unusual among TRE landowners, and the name itself has not been noted outside DB, where it probably referred to a single individual.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Osiar, Osier, Osiert

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ōsgeard

  Phillimore edition: Osgeard

  Alecto edition: Osgeard

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Kent	Phil. ref. 5,17	Vill Darenth	DB Spelling Osiert	Holder 1066 Osgeard 'of Darenth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ansketil de Rots	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 3.50	Confidence C	Map
Shire Kent	Phil. ref. 5,180	Vill Benenden	DB Spelling Osier	Holder 1066 Osgeard 'of Darenth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Robert of Romney	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence C	Map
Shire Kent	Phil. ref. 9,45	Vill Siborne	DB Spelling Osiar	Holder 1066 Osgeard 'of Darenth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh de Montfort	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Osgeard 2 - Osgeard ‘of Darenth’ (Kent)