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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Winmar m. Old English wine, Old High German wini 'friend' + Old English mǣre, Old High German, Old Saxon māri from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz 'famous'.

England
Latin
1189 Winemer (nom) GASurv p. 156, Winemerus (nom) ibid. p. 154; 1222 Winemari (gen) StPaulDom p. 26, Winemeri (gen) ibid. p. 26
Estonia
Middle Low German
1364 Wenemar BbRT p. 334; 1385 Wenemar ibid. p. 338; 1387 Wenemar ibid. p. 339; 1390 Wenemar ibid. p. 339; 1405 Wenemar ibid. p. 344; 1414 Wenemar ibid. p. 347
France
Latin
519 Guinemarus (nom) CartYonne1 I; c823 Winemar (nom) irminon-vol2 18, Ved, Winemarus (nom) ibid. 57-58
Germany
Latin
1219 Winmarus (nom) hennes-vol1 42; 1281 Winmaro (abl) ibid. 275; 1294 Winemaro (abl) ibid. 330; 1358 Wenmarum (acc) SDHK no. 7438; 1394 Weinmar (gen) SMM p. 180, Weinmari (gen) ibid. p. 195
The Netherlands
Latin
1324 wenemari (gen) GesOIJ-1 p. 298
Scotland
Latin
1123 Winemerj (gen) ESC XLVI; 1124 Winemari (gen) ibid. L
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Winmar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Winmar.