Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 482

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Greetings,

Here's the information we found on your name "Hoskald Asgeirsson."

We were able to find your name almost exactly as you wrote it. We found the first name "Ho,skuldr" (where "o," is an o with a curl under it). (1) It has many spelling variants--we found examples in which the "o," was replaced by

• o
• o
• a
• au

We found examples where the "u" was replaced with

• u
• o
• au
• ao

You could use any of these variant spellings. Although we didn't find any examples where the "u" was replaced by an "a" the spelling "Hoskauldr" is very close to what you're looking for. (The "r" is a grammatical addition--it's pronounced very lightly.)

We found the name "Asgeirr," and "Asgeirsson" is a logical historical name. It's usually written with an accent over the "A." (1)

To sum up, the name "Hoskauldr A/sgeirsson" is a completely reasonable name for the 9th century.

Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn researched this letter.

We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.

In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel

(1) Lind, E.H. "Norsk-Islandska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namm fran Medeltiden."