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Asmoth

Discussion of the name

Asmoth is an Old Danish feminine name comprising the elements ás ‘god’ and móðr ‘excitement, wrath’, with DB forms suggesting that móðr has been replaced by the corresponding Old English mōd and one form (Amod) showing loss of s before a consonant under French influence (von Feilitzen 1937: 106-7, 164-5, 168; Insley 1994: 65-6).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Asmoth 1, a catch-all for occurrences of this name in DB.

Bibliography

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: Amod, Esmoda

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Asmoth

  Phillimore edition: Asmoth

  Alecto edition: Asmoth

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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 4,15	Vill Middleton	DB Spelling Esmoda	Holder 1066 Asmoth 'of Wrabbatun'	Lord 1066 Toli the sheriff	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Roger Bigod	Fiscal Value 0.03	1066 Value 0.03	1086 Value 0.03	Confidence C	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 6,91	Vill Uurabretuna	DB Spelling Amod	Holder 1066 Asmoth 'of Wrabbatun'	Lord 1066 Northmann the sheriff	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert Malet	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.20	Confidence C	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 7,11	Vill Warabetuna	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Asmoth 'of Wrabbatun'	Lord 1066 Northmann the sheriff	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant Robert Malet	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.12	1086 Value 0.18	Confidence D	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 7,11	Vill Warabetuna	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Asmoth 'of Wrabbatun'	Lord 1066 Northmann the sheriff	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant Northmann the sheriff	Fiscal Value 0.58	1066 Value 0.28	1086 Value 0.42	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Asmoth 2 - Asmoth ‘of Wrabbatun’ (Suff.), fl. 1066