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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Holmsten m. Old Nose holmr 'island' + Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Holmsten SRA-vol2 p. 1903
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Holmsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Holmsten.