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Toxus

Discussion of the name

Toxus is a masculine name of uncertain derivation; von Feilitzen (1937: 388) suggested that it could represent a nickname from Old English tosca, toxa ‘toad, frog’ or tūsc, tūx ‘grinder, tusk’.

There are no entries related to this name in the PASE corpus.

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: Toxo (dative), Toxus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Toxus

  Phillimore edition: Toxus

  Alecto edition: Toxus

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 Dorset	Phil. ref. 34,8	Vill Swyre	DB Spelling Toxus	Holder 1066 Toxus the priest	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William d'Eu	1086 Subtenant William Belet	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Toxus 1 - Toxus the priest, fl. 1066x1086