TY - JOUR AU - Langekiehl, Atle Steinar PY - 2017/02/15 Y2 - 2024/03/30 TI - Mannsnavnet Sjøfar ‒ onomastikk og genealogi JF - NAMN OG NEMNE JA - NON VL - 33 IS - 0 SE - Artikler DO - UR - https://ojs.novus.no/index.php/NON/article/view/1337 SP - AB - <p>The anthroponym Sjøfar ‒ onomastics and genealogy</p><p><br />The Scandinavian peoples were seafarers long before historical times. Therefore, it is not surprisingly that Norwegian historical sources mention a male personal name Sjøfar. The name was confined to a family belonging to the nobility and later to their descendants and geographi-cally limited to the region then called Borgarsyssel (now the county of Østfold), and a few parishes adjoining this region.</p> ER -