#thurstan

Thurstan is an Anglo-Danish masculine name composed of Thur (Thor) and stan (stone), cognate with Norse and Icelandic Þorsteinn, and Norwegian and Faroese Torstein. Anglo-Saxon personal names containing Thur do not occur before the first Viking raid.

Variants:

Thurstan [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 6].

Turstan [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 18].

Turstinus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 18].

Tursten [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 48].

Turstein [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 52].

Ðurstan [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 54].

Turtinus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 55].

Thurstinus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 61].

Þurstan [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 103].

Þorstæn [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 202]

Þorstan [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 202].

Þurestan [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 248].

Þurstann [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 321].

Thurstān [Henry Alexander 1912 Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society 2: 43].

Thōrstān [Henry Alexander 1912 Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society 2: 43].

Thurstanus [Dorothy Whitelock 1945 Saga-Book 12: 145].

Turstan(us) [Dorothy Whitelock 1945 Saga-Book 12: 145].

Turstin [Dorothy Whitelock 1945 Saga-Book 12: 145].

Thurthanus [Dorothy Whitelock 1945 Saga-Book 12: 145].

Tursthana [Dorothy Whitelock 1945 Saga-Book 12: 145].

Turstanus [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 124].

Tostin [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 320].

Turtin [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 320].

Thursten [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 320].

Þurstān [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 321].

Thurs [Ann Williams & Geoffrey Martin 2002 Domesday Book 1: 316].

Thursinus [John Insley & David Rollason 2007 The Durham Liber Vitae 2: 239].

Thustin [John Insley & David Rollason 2007 The Durham Liber Vitae 2: 239].

Þurstán [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 54].

Note:

Forms ending with -us are Latinizations.

Prototheme:

thur = Thor [Ernest Weekley 1939 Jack and Jill, 1st edition, page 30].

Deuterotheme:

Stan = Sᴛᴏɴᴇ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 167].

Usage: