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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Dan m. Proto-Germanic *daniz 'Dane, man from Denmark'.

Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Dans (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1899
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Dan". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Dan.