Oswald
m.
Old English, Old Saxon ōs 'god' + Old English weald, Old Saxon wald 'power'.
The name of a 7th C king of Northumbria and saint.
- Denmark
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- Danish
- ● 1581 Ossualld KD-1 no. 362,
Ossualldt ibid. no. 362
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Oswaldus (nom) CDAS DXXVIII,
Oswold (nom) ibid. DXXIX;
967 Osuualdus (nom) ibid. DXXXVI,
Oswaldo (abl) ibid. DXXXVI;
1570/1 Osswoldi (gen) RegPat p. 31
- Old English
- ● 966 Oswald (nom) CDAS DXXX,
Oswaldes (gen) ibid. DXXX
- Early Modern English
- ● 1564 Oswald Bar-in-El p. 10;
1569 Oswolde OrpingtonKe p. 3;
1571 Oswald SaxhamSf p. 56;
1583/4 Oswald SurMus p. 122;
1593 Osswolde RegPat p. 39
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1401 Oswald (nom) mairhofer DCLXIX;
1402 Oswalden (dat) ibid. DCLXX;
1411 Oswalt (nom) ibid. DCXCIV,
Oswalten (gen) ibid. DCXCIV;
1419 Oswald (nom) ibid. DCCXI,
Oswaldt (nom) ibid. DCCXII;
1420 Oswald (nom) ibid. DCCXV;
1429 Oswald (nom) ibid. DCCXXXIII;
1497 Osßwald Nurn1497 276,
Oßwald ibid. 2181,
Oßwalt ibid. 1529
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Oswald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Oswald.