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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Germund m. Old Icelandic geirr, Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear' + Old Icelandic mundr, Old Saxon mund, Old High German munt 'protection'.

Austria
Latin
763 Kermunt (nom) FRA-XXXL 1
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1548 Germund (nom) Audén1980 p. 168
France
Latin
c823 Germundus (nom) irminon-vol2 49; 1031 Germundus (nom) StVdM-II 684; 1292 Germondus (nom) MemBret-I 1104
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Germundi (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 6
Sweden
Old Swedish
1420 Germund (nom) SDHK no. 19436, Germuns (gen) ibid. no. 19436
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Germund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Germund.