Mar 10, 2025
Osland
Osland is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of os (god) and land (land).
Reference:
Osland [Christopher Blunt 1974 The British Numismatic Journal 42: 106].
Prototheme:
os = god [Jay Treat 1983 Dragon 7 (10): 57].
Deuterotheme:
Land = Lᴀɴᴅ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 127].
Usage:
Osland was the name of a moneyer working under King Æthelstan II: (approximately) “∴ / OSLAND / ✠✠✠ / MONĒT / ∵” [Philip Nelson 1947 The Numismatic Chronicle, 6th series, 7: 69, number 1].