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Skræmir
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Discussion of the name
The DB spellings of this name are ambiguous and von Feilitzen (1937: 376) regarded the name as uncertain but probably Scandinavian; however, Dodgson (1985: 46) pointed out that a common scribal confusion of minuscule ‘t’ for ‘c’ would yield the Old Norse masculine name Skræmir (cf. Fellows Jensen 1968: 253-4), and this interpretation is adopted here.The only associated entry in the PASE corpus is Strami 1, a catch-all category for this spelling in DB.
Bibliography
Dodgson 1985: J. McN. Dodgson, ‘Some Domesday personal-names, mainly post-Conquest’, Nomina 9 (1985)von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937)
Fellows Jensen 1968: G. Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen, 1968)
Forms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: Strami, StremiusForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Strami
Phillimore edition: Stremius
Alecto edition: Strami
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire | 24,19 | Bradenstoke | Stremius | Skræmir 'of Bradenstoke' | - | Edward of Salisbury | - | 16.25 | 6.00 | 10.00 | B | Map |
| Wiltshire | 68,22 | Thornhill | Strami | Skræmir 'of Bradenstoke' | - | William fitzAnsculf | - | 7.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | B | Map |
| Wiltshire | 68,23 | Thornhill | - | Skræmir 'of Bradenstoke' | - | William fitzAnsculf | - | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | C | Map |
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