ANSTHRLD - Patronymic sources
Jodi McMaster
jodimc at texas.net
Mon Jun 26 15:32:37 PDT 2000
Richard Culver wrote:
>
> Wesaþ ge hal!
>
> I was curious if anyone has specific sources for patronyms in Old
> English. I am familiar with the "-ing", but I have seen various forms of
> "X-es dohtor" or "X-es sunu". I was wondering when the shift was made. Was
> it a result of the Dane Law?
Good question. Oh. An answer? When I recover from sleep deprivation,
I'll look through what I've got, but my hunch is that Woolf may talk
about it...but I'm fuddled enough that I can't be anywhere near certain.
AElfwyn
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