Hold (title)

Hold (or Hauld) was a title of nobility, used in early medieval Scandinavia and the English Danelaw.

History

Holds were described as "noblemen of exalted rank" in Viking Northumbria by Frank Stenton, with a wergild of 4000 thrymsas, equivalent to a king's high-reeve.^[1] Hold is described as a title just below the earl in Oxford Dictionary of Surnames.

References

1. Stenton, Frank M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (3rd ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.

External links

• Eystein Eggen 2005 (Norwegian, Aftenposten)