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Warin m. Germanic war(in) 'guard'.

The name of a character in a 13th C Old French chanson, La Geste de Garin de Monglane.

England
Latin
● 1299 Warini (gen) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1300 Warrenus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 240; 1302 Warinus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 4
France
Latin
● 825 Warino (dat) InsMacon V, Warinum (acc) ibid. V, Warinus (nom) ibid. V; 862 Warini (gen) ibid. IX; 1029x1033 Guarinus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1079x1101 Garinus (nom) ibid. IX; 1107 Garino (abl) ibid. XVII, Guarino (abl) ibid. XVII; a1108 Garinus (nom) ibid. XXI; 1115x1149 Garinus (nom) ibid. X; a1116 Garinus (nom) ibid. XX; 1127 Garinus (nom) ibid. XIX; c1140 Garinus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII; 1147 Garini (gen) clairvaux-12thc 14, Garinus (nom) ibid. 14, Warinus (nom) ibid. 15; 1163 Warini (gen) ibid. 99; 1180 Guarini (gen) RotScaNor p. 35, Guarino (abl) ibid. p. 22, Warino (abl) ibid. p. 4; 1257 Garinus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIII, Pentecost; 1258 Garinus (nom) ibid. XIII, Pentecost; 1259 Garinum (acc) ibid. XIII, St. Martin, Garinus (nom) ibid. XIII, St. Martin; 1273 Garinus (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 24; 1301 Warini (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 207; 1378 Garini (gen) hanquetvol1 559, Guerini (gen) ibid. 455, Guerrini (gen) ibid. 361
Old French
● 1296 Guerin paris1296 p. 2; 1313 Guerin Paris1313 p. 3
◑ 1296 Garnot paris1296 p. 44; 1313 Garnot Paris1313 p. 25
Middle French
◑ 1392 Gueret MemBret-II col. 612; 1421 Garnot favier p. 173, Guerinet ibid. 562; 1438 Garnot ibid. 223
Germany
Latin
● 822x75 Warinus (nom) TradCorb §15; 1098 Vuerinheri (gen) quix-vol1 25
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Guarini (gen) BBC-Berg 311
Scotland
Latin
● 1381x1388 Warino (abl) CartNBer [p. xxxvii]
Preview. DO NOT cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Warin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Warin.