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Helghi

Discussion of the name

Helghi is a masculine name from Scandinavia (ON Helgi), formed originally as a byname from the adjective heilagr (‘holy’). It was well represented throughout Scandinavia from the Viking period onwards and was adopted in Normandy, but in England is not on record before 1066 apart from its use in a handful of place-names (Insley 1994: 201; Fellows Jensen 1968: 138).

Bibliography

Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)

Insley 1994: John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk: A Survey based on Medieval Records and Place-Names, Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi 62 (Uppsala, 1994)

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: Helghi; Helga, Helge, Helghinus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Helgi

  Phillimore edition: Helgi

  Alecto edition: Helghi

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 Nottinghamshire	Phil. ref. 9,111	Vill Owthorpe	DB Spelling Helge	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Owthorpe'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Bully	1086 Subtenant William 'the priest, man of Roger de Bully'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Nottinghamshire	Phil. ref. 9,98	Vill Bingham	DB Spelling Helga	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Owthorpe'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Bully	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.35	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.33	Confidence B	Map
Shire Nottinghamshire	Phil. ref. 9,99	Vill Shelford	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Owthorpe'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Bully	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.19	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 10,65	Vill Worth	DB Spelling Helghi	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Worth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Ralph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain (in Sussex)'	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence D	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 11,116	Vill Boxgrove	DB Spelling Helghinus	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Worth'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Reynold de Bailleul	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.05	Confidence B	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 11,46	Vill Somerley	DB Spelling Helghi	Holder 1066 Helghi 'of Worth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Reynold de Bailleul	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Helghi 2 - Helghi ‘of Owthorpe’ (Notts.), fl. 1066
• Helghi 3 - Helghi ‘of Worth’ (Suss.)