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Weland

Discussion of the name

Weland is an Old English masculine name, that of the smith-god known from heroic poetry and place-names.

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Weland 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Welland

Spellings in Exon: Welandus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Weland

  Phillimore edition: Weland

  Alecto edition: Weland

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 3,76	Vill Coombe	DB Spelling Welland	Holder 1066 Weland 'of Coombe'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances	1086 Subtenant Drew fitzMauger	Fiscal Value 0.31	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Weland 2 - Weland ‘of Coombe’ (Devon), fl. 1066