Osbern
m.
Old English ōs, Old Norse áss, óss 'god' + Old English bera, *beorn, Old Norse bjǫrn 'bear'.
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1100 Osberno (abl) ESC XX;
c1118 Osberni (gen) ibid. XXXII
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Æsbiörn SRA-vol2 no. 1911
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Osbern". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Osbern.