The First Thousand Years of British Names
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The First Thousand Years of British Names
by Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn
(Heather Rose Jones, contact@heatherrosejones.com)
copyright 1998, all rights reserved
Introduction
The title of this article is somewhat of a misnomer -- a more accurate one might be "The first thousand years of written names in Brythonic-speaking Britain" -- but that seemed a bit unwieldy. It will cover the names of Roman Britain, and names in Wales from the Old Welsh period. (Technically the Old Welsh period extended to the middle of the 12th century, but a thousand-year span made a nice, clear cut-off point.)Table of Contents
- Some History
- The Languages
- Roman Names
- British Names
- Old Welsh Names
- Roman-Era Given Names
- Old Welsh Given Names
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendices: Rather than lump all the names together in a single list,
I have found it convenient to separate them according to source.
- Appendix I - Roman Names Containing British Elements
- Appendix II - Some British Names in Roman Inscriptions
- Appendix III - 5th to 10th Century Names from Jackson LHEB
- Appendix IV - Name Patterns from the Book of Llandav
- Appendix V - Given names from the Llandav charters
- Appendix VI - A special consideration of some Irish inscriptions in early Britain