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Orda

Discussion of the name

Orda is a masculine Old English name formed from the single element ord (‘spear’), either as a simple uncompounded name or as a short form of one of the many dithematic names in Ord– (Redin 1919: 52; von Feilitzen 1937: 335). No other examples of it have been recorded.

Bibliography

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

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: Orde

Spellings in Exon: Orda

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Orda

  Phillimore edition: Orde

  Alecto edition: Orda

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 19,25	Vill South Bradon	DB Spelling Orde	Holder 1066 Orda 'of South Bradon'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Drew 'of Montacute'	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Orda 2 - Orda ‘of South Bradon’ (Som.), fl. 1066