Ernebald

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Ernebald (if it is not a misspelt form of Erlebald) is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements arn ‘eagle’ and bald ‘bold, audacious’.

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Erneboldus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ernebald

  Phillimore edition: Ernebald

  Alecto edition: Ernebald

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
Somerset 23,1 Yarnfield Erneboldus Ernebald 'of Yarnfield' - Walter Giffard William 'the man of Walter Giffard' 2.00 2.00 1.50 Z
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