Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General Introduction -- 1.2 Particular Questions to be Discussed -- 1.3 Previous Work in the Field -- 2 The Material -- 2.1 Sources -- 2.1.1 Reliability of the Source Material -- 2.1.2 Discussion of the Source Material -- 2.2 Editions Used -- 2.3 The Female Names -- 3 Analysis and Classification of the Material -- 3.1 Di-thematic Names -- 3.1.1 Second Elements of Di-thematic Names -- 3.1.2 First Elements of Di-thematic Names -- 3.2 Mono-thematic Names -- 3.2.1 Mono-thematic Names Corresponding to Old English Nouns and Adjectives -- 3.2.2 Other Mono-thematic Names -- 4 Discussion of Di-thematic Names -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Second Name-elements -- 4.2.1 Male and Female Names -- 4.3 First Name-elements -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5 Analysis and Discussion of Mono-thematic Names -- 5.1 General -- 5.2 Identification of the Head-word -- 5.3 Origin of Names -- 5.3.1 Names whose Origins are or may be Old English Words -- 5.3.2 Names that are Shortened Forms of Di-thematic Names -- 5.3.3 Hypocoristic Names -- 5.3.4 Nicknames -- 5.3.5 Uncertainty of Actual Origin -- 5.4 Similar Male and Female Names -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 Some Implications -- 6.1. Assumptions about Sex made from Personal Names -- 6.1.1 Finger-rings -- 6.1.2 Name-stones from Hartlepool -- 6.1.3 Other Inscriptions -- 6.1.4 Some Names in the Durham Liber Vitae -- 6.2 Coins and Moneyers -- 6.3 Words Used to Describe Women -- 6.4 Implications for the Presentation of the Material under Discussion -- 7 Vernacular Names in Old English Poetry -- 8 General Discussion -- 8.1 The Naming of a Child -- 8.2 Gender Specificity -- 8.3 Naming Practices at Different Periods and in Different Areas -- 8.4 The Importance of Meaning in Old English Name-elements -- 8.5 The Choice of a Personal Name -- 9 Conclusion.

Appendix A: Brief Comparison with Some Modern Names -- Bibliography -- Concordances.