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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Sten m. Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Sweden
Latin
1383 Steno (nom) SRA-vol2 no. 1948
Old Swedish
1383 Steen SRA-vol2 no. 1911, Sten ibid. no. 1899, Stens (gen) ibid. no. 1899
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Sten.