Thorgil
m.
Old Icelandic Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Icelandic gísl 'hostage'.
The name of a 10th-11th C Danish chieftain.
- Denmark
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- Danish
- ● 1581 Trugell KD-1 no. 362,
Trugells ibid. no. 362,
Trugills ibid. no. 362
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Thyrgillo (abl) SDHK no. 6038,
Thyrgillus (nom) ibid. no. 6050,
Thyrgils (gen) ibid. no. 6053,
Thyrgilsæ (gen) ibid. no. 6024;
1356 Thurgillo (abl) ibid. no. 7001
- Middle Norwegian
- ● 1383 Thorgylss (unc) SRA-vol2 no. 1915
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Thorgil". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Thorgil.