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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Sten m. Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Finland
Old Swedish
1405 Steen (nom) SDHK no. 16441
France
Latin
1350 Steno (nom) SDHK no. 6018
Sweden
Latin
1383 Steno (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1948
Old Swedish
1365 steens (gen) SDHK 8764; 1377 Sten (nom) ibid. no. 11085, Stene (dat) ibid. no. 11085, Stens (gen) ibid. no. 11085; 1383 Steen (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1911, Sten (nom) ibid. no. 1899, Stens (gen) ibid. no. 1899; 1409 Sten (nom) SDHK no. 17265, Stens (gen) ibid. no. 17269; 1419 Steen (gen) ibid. no. 19388; 1420 Stens (gen) ibid. no. 19470
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Sten.