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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Osbert m. Old English ōs 'god', Old Norse áss, óss + Old English beorht, Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

The name of a 9th C king of Northumbria.

England
Latin
1189 Osberti (gen) GASurv p. 137, Osbertus (nom) ibid. p. 97; 1279–80 Osberti (gen) WaHR-SK p. 67; 1300 Osbertus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 231
English
1558 Osbert SaxhamSf p. 130; 1559 Osberd ibid. p. 134
France
Latin
1180 Osberti (gen) RotScaNor p. 7, Osberto (abl) ibid. p. 2, Osbertus (nom) ibid. p. 6
Old French
1301 Osebert (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 241
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Osberto (abl) ESC XXXV; 1124 Osbert (nom) ibid. L
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Osbert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Osbert.