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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Radegund f. Old Saxon rād, Old High German rāt 'counsel, advice' + Old High German gund 'war, battle'.

The name of a 6th C queen of the Franks and saint.

England
English
1592 Redygan COmar-vol2 p. 72; 1593 Radigund DEmar-vol2 p. 26
France
Latin
c823 Ratgundis (nom) irminon-vol2 19, Palatiolum
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Radegund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Radegund.