May 12
Fardan
Fardan is a Norse masculine name composed of far (journey) and Danr (Dane).
Reference:
Fardan [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Yorkshire): 208].
Prototheme:
FAR = motion, travel [Guðbrandur Vigfússon 1874 An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, page 141].
Deuterotheme:
danr = dansk [Lena Peterson 2007 Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, page 54].
Usage:
A man called Fardan held land in Yorkshire during the reign of King Eadweard III (the Confessor): “In Aᴘʟᴇᴛᴏɴᴇ . ħᵬr Fardan Aluinꝰ ⁊ Tone . xɪɪ . car͛ t͛re ad glᵭ” [Margaret Faull & Marie Stinson 1986 Domesday Book 30 (Yorkshire): chapter 25W, paragraph 2]: “In Apletone (Appleton) Fardan, Alwin, and Tone, had twelve carucates of land to be taxed” [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Yorkshire): 208].
