Þveit-names in Cumbria: a Viking Age Landnám?

Ryan Foster

Landscape History, 2025, vol. 46, issue 1, 5-28

Abstract: Scandinavian settlement in England during the Viking Age is difficult to identify and as a result has caused debate on the scale and type of settlement that occurred. Þveit is a characteristic Old Norse place-name element, which would seem to indicate the initial exploitation of land by settlers, or in Old Norse a landnám. This paper evaluates the likelihood that Cumbria experienced a landnám episode by analysing the distribution and locational factors of þveit-names. The spatial analysis of þveit-names can then be used to establish topographic patterns, which can be compared to evidence of Norse farming methods to establish whether it is likely or not that they can be used as evidence for a landnám.

Date: 2025
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