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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Goswin m. Tribal name Gaut 'Geat, Goth' + Old High German wini 'friend'.

The name of a 12th C French saint.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Gossuini (gen) JeanIII p. 23
Estonia
Middle Low German
1404 Gosswyn BbRT p. 344; 1421 Gosswyn ibid. p. 349; 1435 Goswyn ibid. p. 358; 1436 Goswin ibid. p. 358
France
Latin
c1170 Gossuini (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIV; 1378 Gossuini (gen) hanquetvol1 1890
Germany
Latin
1134 Gosswinus (nom) quix-vol1 97; 1136 Gosuinus (nom) ibid. 98; 1151 Gozwin (nom) mairhofer XL, Gozwini (gen) ibid. XL; 1212 Gozuino (abl) quix-vol2 125; 1216 Gozwinus (nom) hennes-vol1 22; 1223 Goswinus (nom) quix-vol2 136; 1401 goswino (dat) HD1401 no. 332
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Goswin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Goswin.