Hraefn Oakwright

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Inspiration

  • Old English (?)
  • "raven" + oakwright

Hraefn

  • Raven m. Old English hræfn, Old Icelandic hrafn, Old High German raban, Old Saxon hram 'raven'. DMNES
  • Searle; Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum; P.394 has R{ae}fen dated to 1023 as a given name. - Google eBook

English

  • Raven as an English given name - http://dmnes.org/name/Raven
  • Raven as an English surname - Family Search, Margarita Raven, 1648 burial, Stafford England, Batch B39598-4

Norse:

Hrafn: Old Norse for “raven.”

  • Geirr Bassi Haraldsson. The Old Norse Name. Studia Marklandica I. Olney,
  • MD: Markland Medieval Militia. 1977. p. 11
  • Fellows-Jensen, Gillian. Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen. Akademisk Forlag. 1968. pp. 210-212
  • Lind, _Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden_, column 564, has Hrafn, a masculine given name, dated 1342, 1475.
  • http://dmnes.org/name/Raven

Oakwright

  • Lingua Anglica?

ác an oak, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter a, but for ác an oak, per Bosworth Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary online

  • ác-drenc, -drinc, es; m. Oak-drink, a kind of drink made of acorns; potus ex quercus glandibus factus.
  • ác-treó, -treów, es; n. An oak-tree; quercus
  • Ác-tún, es; m. [ác oak, tún a town] ACTON, Staffordshire ?

Middle English - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED30485/track?counter=1&search_id=4128954

  • ōk(e n.
    • Forms - ōk(e n. Also oc, oek, hok(e, hokke, nok(e, wocke & (chiefly N) ake, akke, nake & (chiefly early) ac, aik & (errors) eoke, boke, ob, oe & (in place names only) ak, hac, ach, agh, age, aike, auch, hock, ox, rok, ech, hech, nech, eike, acum, oken.
    • Etymology - OE āc, sg. dat. ǣc, pl. dat. ācum & ON; cp. OI eik.
    • lists many surnames, but none "crafty"

Craftsmen Who Process Wood..., from Wilhelm Klump. Die Altenglishen Handwerken Sachlich und Sprachlich Erläutert. Heidelberg: Carl Winter. 1908. from in Gunnvor's article Some Old English Occupational Bynames

  • bytla -- masc. "a hammerer, builder"
  • bylda -- masc. "a builder"
  • timbrend -- masc. "a builder, constructor"
  • tréowwyrhta -- masc. "tree-wright; a carpenter, joiner"
  • wænwyrhta -- masc. "wain-wright, cart-wright, carriage-maker"
  • scipwyrhta -- masc. "a shipwright"
  • scyldwyrhta -- masc. "shield-wright, a maker of shields"
  • grafere -- masc. "sculptor"
  • hrófwyrhta -- masc. "roof-wright; a roofer, builder"
  • croc(c)wyrhta -- masc. "crock-wright; a potter"
  • lámwyrhta -- masc. "clay-wright; a potter"

Middle English - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED53660/track?counter=1&search_id=4128954

  • wright(e n.(1)
    • Forms - Also wrigt(e, wrigth(e, wrigh, wriʒt(e, wriʒth(e, wriht(e, writ(e, writh(e, writht, wreth(e, (N) wreght, (SWM) wrouhte, whrouhte & (chiefly early) wricht(e, (early) wirhte, (chiefly SW or SWM) wruhte, wruchte, wurhte, wurhta, wurhtæ, wuruhte & (in names) wrightte, wrighthe, wrig, wri(h)tte, wrihgte, wrichgte, wrich(e, wrict(e, wricth(e, wrick, wristh, wrieth, wreghte, wreʒte, wrehte, wrechte, wrecthe, wreit, wreitche, wreut(t)e, wroghte, wrozte, wrouʒte, wrughte, wrushte, wrh(i)te, wirgh, wirchte, wiche, wergh(t)e, werhte, wereste, worght(t)e, worichte, worithte, wort, worth, whrighte, whrit, whreihte, whergte, right, rith; pl. wrightes, etc. & wriʒttis, writtis, (NEM) whrightes & (early) wrihten, wirhten, (SWM) wrohtes, wurhten, (early gen.) wurhtena, (early dat.) wurhtan & (gen. in place names) wrightin(g)-, wri(c)tin-, wrichting-, wrstinc-, uritting-.
    • Etymology - OE wyrhta, wrihta, (Nhb.) wyrchta, (K) werhta.
    • Definition 2. - In cpds., combs., and related phrases: (a) eldest wurhtena, maister ~, prince of wrightes, a chief carpenter; a builder, an architect; (b) ~ axe, a carpenter’s ax; ~ craft, carpentry; ~ garth, ?a carpenter’s yard; ~ hous, ?a carpenter’s workshop; (c) bot ~, a builder of boats or ships; cart ~, one who makes or repairs carts; castel ~, one who builds or repairs a ship’s castle; felt ~, one who makes or works with felt; glas ~, one who makes or works with glass; glasen ~, a glazier; milne ~, a designer or maker of mills; plough ~ [see plough-wrighte n.(a)]; ship ~ [OE scip-wyrhta], a shipbuilder, shipwright; quarter-maister ship ~, a subordinate shipwright; timber ~, a carpenter; whele ~, q.v.
    • Lists many surnames, but no "Oakwright". Most mean maker of x thing, not works with x material - but see glasswright and feltwright above. -

(1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19233 : Johannes le Glasswrouʒte. (1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19245 : Radulphus le Glasworth. (1319) Pat.R.Edw.II475 : Matthew le Glewryt. (as in gleeman, prof. entertainer?) (1332) in Fransson Surn.186 : Joh. le Glasenwiche. (1333) in Fransson Surn.186 : Joh. Glaswort. (1337) Name in LuSE 35 ()104 : Glaswhryghte. a1385(c1275) Cust.Chichester in Sus.RS 3187 : John le Glaswerghe.

Combination

Cultural and Temporal Compatibility

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