Æthelrun is a feminine OE name formed from the elements æðel (‘noble, famous’) and rūn (‘mystery, secret’) (von Feilitzen 1937: 187). It is not currently recorded in PASE beyond the two women in the DB material.
von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)
Spellings in Domesday Book: Ailrun
Spellings in Exon: Alrun
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Æðelrun
Phillimore edition: Aethelrun
Alecto edition: Æthelrun
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | Holder 1066 DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | Holder 1066 ID conf. | Show on map |
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Somerset | 6,14 | Yatton | Æthelrun 'of Yatton' | John the Dane | Giso, bishop of Wells | Ildebert 'of Milton Clevedon' | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | A | Map | |
Total | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | TIC DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | TIC ID conf. | Show on map |
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Dorset | 56,23 | Wilksworth | Ailrun | - | - | Æthelrun, king's thegn | - | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | A | Map |
Total | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
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