Bjorn

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Period Forms:

<Biǫrn>; in "Viking Names found in Landnámabók" (@http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/norse/landnamabok.html ).

From Diplomaticum Norvegicum: <Bjørns Ruds> (genitive case?) 1328http:www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.prl?b=16863&s=n&str=%bj%rg% <Biorn Anbiærnarson a Byri> 1362http:www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.prl?b=377&s=n&str=Anbi%rn

Patronymic Forms:

<Bjornsson> - Svenskt Diplomatariums huvudkartotek över medeltidsbreven includes the Latin language document SDHK-nr: 2301, dated 1309, which includes: "Ego philippus bjornsson"

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sdhk?EndastDigitaliserat=false&SDHK=2301

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/

Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/

IGI Searches, batches beginning with C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable - http://familysearch.org

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[2]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[3]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

From the <month> <year> LoAR:

Registerability

July 2002 - registerability of Bjornsson, etc.

Submitted as Sigulf Bjorns__son//, the Old Norse form of a patronymic byname formed from the given name //Bjorn// is //Bj__arnarson//. Mention was made in commentary of a precedent ruling //Bjornsson// to be a valid patronymic formed from //Bjorn. The precedent in question is: > In October, 1988 ... Laurel stated "we would dearly like to see some clear period documentation for the genitive form of "Bjorns", but have not thus far been presented with any. [Some] have responded to this challenge ... in providing period examples from Sveriges Medeltida Personnama (col. 318-326, 343-346). This compilation of period personal names from Swedish sources contains dates for each documented form. This tome documents such period genitive forms as "Biornar", "Biorns", and "Byorns", showing the precise sort of alternations of form for which Laurel had asked ("Biorns" is shown as early as 1360). The feminine patronymic form is demonstrated from the fourteenth century as well ("Marghet Bjronsdotter" from 1368, "Cecilia Biornsdoter" from 1377, etc.). (LoAR 26 Feb 89, p. 9) This information supports Bjornsson as a 14th C Swedish byname, not as an Old Norse byname. While mixing Old English and Old Norse in a name is registerable with a weirdness, mixing Old English and Swedish in a name is not registerable. We have changed the byname to the Old Norse form in order to register this name. [Sigulf Bjarnarson, 07/2002, A-Meridies] http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/Swedish.html