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Ærling

Discussion of the name

Ærling is the Old Swedish form of the Old Norse masculine name Erlingr, of uncertain derivation; the DB form could represent either name but perhaps favours the former, whereas there seems to be no evidence for the insular use of Erlingr (Bjorkman 1910: 37; cf. von Feilitzen 1937: 248).

The only related entries in the PASE corpus are for Erling 1, a catch-all category for the DB form dealt with here, and for Erlenc 1 and Herling 1, representing forms dealt with under Herling.

Bibliography

Bjorkman 1910: E. Bjorkman, Nordische Personennamen in England in Alt- und Frühmittel-Englischer Zeit (Halle an der Salle, 1910)

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: Arlingus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Erlingr (ON), Ærling (OSw)

  Phillimore edition: Erling

  Alecto edition: Erling

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 Essex	Phil. ref. 30,14	Vill Danbury	DB Spelling Arlingus	Holder 1066 Ærling 'of Danbury'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant William fitzSaxwalo de Bouville	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Ærling 2 - Ærling ‘of Danbury’ (Essex), fl. 1066