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Liut

Discussion of the name

Liut is an Old Danish or Old Swedish masculine name related to Old Norse ljótr, probably a byname meaning ‘ugly’ although a word meaning ‘light’ is also possible (Fellows Jensen 1968: lxxxi, 190, 350).

There are two entries in the PASE corpus that seem to represent forms of this name: Leot 1 attested a tenth-century charter as dux, and Leod 3 is a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB.

Bibliography

Fellows Jensen 1968: G. Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen, 1968)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Let

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Liótr

  Phillimore edition: Let

  Alecto edition: Liut

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 1,41	Vill Kemerton	DB Spelling Let	Holder 1066 Liut 'of Kemerton'	Lord 1066 Beorhtric son of Ælfgar	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Gerard the chamberlain	Fiscal Value 8.00	1066 Value 8.00	1086 Value 6.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 1,41	Vill Boddington	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Liut 'of Kemerton'	Lord 1066 Beorhtric son of Ælfgar	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Gerard the chamberlain	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Liut 3 - Liut ‘of Kemerton’ (Glos.), fl. 1066