Brorda

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Brorda is an Old English masculine name that probably developed from a byname and, despite the impression given by the DB forms (which may have been confused with Latin bord(arius); see Rumble 1983: 32,34-35 Notes), is derived from brord ‘prick, point’ rather than bord ‘board, plank, shield’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 208; Tengvik 1938: 393; cf. Redin 1919: 45, 73).

There are five entries for Brorda in the PASE corpus, of which Brorda 1-4 pre-date 800 and Brorda 5 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB. 

Bibliography

Redin 1919: Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English (Uppsala: A.-B. Akademska Bokhandeln, 1919)

Rumble 1983: Domesday Book 32: Essex, ed. A. Rumble (Chichester, 1983)

Tengvik 1938: Gösta Tengvik, Old English Bynames, Nomina Germanica 4 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1938)

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: Borda

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Brorda

  Phillimore edition: Borda

  Alecto edition: Brorda

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
Essex 32,34 Fryerning Borda Brorda 'of Patching' - Robert Gernon Richard 'the man of Robert Gernon' 0.25 0.50 0.50 B Map
Essex 32,35 Patching Borda Brorda 'of Patching' - Robert Gernon Picot of Cambridge 2.50 2.00 2.00 B Map
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