Lets go back to the origins of the name.
Well, first off, my name is William Blodgett. Im an Archaeology student and for about 5 years now ive been doing some serious research attempting to track down the origins of our name, as far back as possible. Now the standard response we usually get, is that the name is of welsh origin. Well, i'm not convinced.
We often see the name "Blood" given as related to Blodgett. Now if the name Blodgett, came from Welsh, or the old Celtic tongues ( mind you, there was no single celtic language, rather individual tribal languages in the same group) one might suppose that a "Blod" might translate to something similar to Blood. Well, its not even close actually. There is however another language it does translate well into. Nordic languages.
I believe, and im hoping someone out there might be able to help back this up, that "Blodgett" is a compound word from Old Norse. In modern Swedish |"Blod Gett" translates into Given Blood, or in Norwegian sometyhing like Blood Oath. Now i do not believe this to be a coincidence. Lets remember some English history, how during the 8th-9th centuries Vikings raided the coast, and large Danish armies conquered most of england and settled there.
Does anyone have anything that can help me out here?
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Re: Lets go back to the origins of the name.
Ethan Blodgett 12/17/11