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Brun m. Old High German brûn, Old English brún, Latin brunus 'brown', from Proto-Germanic brūnaz 'grey, brown'.

The name of a 10th C German saint, two 11th C German saints, an 11th C Italian saint, and the baptismal name of two popes from the 10th and 11th C.

Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Bruno (nom) JeanIII p. 24
France
Latin
● 1378 Bruni (gen) hanquetvol1 228
◑ 1260 Brunello (abl) ArrestReg-volI III, Ascension, Brunellus (nom) ibid. III, Ascension; 1378 Brunelli (gen) hanquetvol1 550
Middle French
◑ 1392 Brunet MemBret-II col. 605
Germany
Latin
● 822x75 Brun (nom) TradCorb §110, Bruno (nom) ibid. §141; 947 Brun (nom) quix-vol1 12; 948 Brun (nom) ibid. 88, Brün (nom) ibid. 88; 1005 Bruno (nom) ibid. 56; 1112 Bruno (nom) ibid. 26, Brunonis (gen) ibid. 26; 1136 Bruno (nom) ibid. 98; 1153 Bruno (nom) ibid. 30; 1165 Bruno (nom) ibid. 93; 1200 Brunonis (gen) hennes-vol1 5
Italy
Latin
◑ 1282 Brunolus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLVIII; 1285 Brunatii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157
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