12 SCANDO-GOTHIC ART IN WESSEX. 



received the name of Lambert, and almost at once invaded 

 this country, when perhaps he constructed, or renewed, our 

 own Lambert's Castle. In 1024 he gave seven hides, or 700 

 acres, of the cultivated land of Portesham, together with 

 tenants' houses, to his servant and friend [ministro atque 

 amici] Ore or Orcy , who lived (at Abbotsbury) two miles away, 

 with his wife Thola. Ore was not a f rater religiosus but a 

 Housecarl, a steward of Cnut's mansion, and his name is 

 Norwegian, from the Old Norse Orkn, a grampus or seal, 

 and his wife's name, Thola, is an abraded form of Thorleif, 

 " a relic of Thor," and so is allied to Thora, the name of 

 Lodbrok's wife, who was the heroine of a well-known 

 dracontine legend. 



Of the 36 signatories of Cnut's charter, some, perhaps, had 

 changed their Danish names on baptism, but many have 

 distinctly Scando-Gothic patronymics, thus : 



Hacun, dux. Hacon was a King of Norway. 

 Thorth, minister (or military servant), compare with 

 Thortharsen, a Norse name. 



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Thurstan , , 



Thurgod ,, 



Thurcyl, hoga, minister. This is a contraction of Thurcytel. 

 Hoga is " a hill " where, perhaps, Thurcyl 

 lived. At a witenagemot held at 

 Cheddar, in Somerset, anno 968, an 

 Abbot called Thurcytel was present. 

 Ulfcytel was a common name for monks. 



Kartoca, minister. Kar is frequent in Landnamabok 



Tovi ,, Tofa occurs ,, 



Tovihwita 



Bovi ,, Bodvar occurs ,, ,, 



and may be compared with the name Bovey, local 

 and personal, in Devon. 



Among the many manors that came into the possession of 

 this Abbey were one in Ramesbere and one at Odstoke,in Wilts. 



