Sigref

Male
CPL
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Discussion of the name

Sigref is a masculine name of Scandinavian origin, ODan Sigréfr, formed from elements meaning ‘battle’ and ‘joy’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 364; Björkman 1910: 121). The DB spelling Sirof is probably is miscopying of Siraf, the form of the name preserved in the only other known occurrence in Anglo-Saxon England, namely the father of two witnesses to an Abingdon charter of the 970s (S 1216).

Bibliography

Björkman 1910: Erik Björkman, Nordische Personennamen in England in alt- und frühmittel-englischer Zeit, Studien zur englischen Philologie 37 (Halle an der Saale, 1910; reprinted Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1973)

S: P. H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 8 (London, 1968), revised by S. Kelly, R. Rushforth et al., The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, published online through Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website, currently at http://www.esawyer.org.uk/about/index.html

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: Sirof

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Sigréfr

  Phillimore edition: Sigref

  Alecto edition: Sigrefr

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
Worcestershire 2,33 Croome Sirof Sigref 'of Croome d'Abitot' Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester Siward 'of Croome' 5.00 2.00 2.00 A Map
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