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Goldnir

Discussion of the name

Goldnir is an Old Norse masculine name, originally a byname according to von Feilitzen (1937: 273) although he does not provide details.

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

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: Golnil

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Goldnir

  Phillimore edition: Godnir, Goldnir

  Alecto edition: Goldnir

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 Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 12,36	Vill Wavendon	DB Spelling Golnil	Holder 1066 Goldnir 'of Wavendon'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Ralph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain (in the East Midlands)'	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Goldnir 2 - Goldnir the housecarl, ‘of Wavendon’ (Bucks.)  (fl. 1066)