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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Osbern m. Old English ōs, Old Icelandic áss, óss 'god' + Old English bera, *beorn, Old Icelandic bjǫrn 'bear'.

Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Esbijor (nom) Audén1980 p. 168
France
Latin
● 1350 Abiorna (gen) SDHK no. 6036
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Osbern (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 11
Scotland
Latin
● c1100 Osberno (abl) ESC XX; c1118 Osberni (gen) ibid. XXXII
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Abyorna (gen) SDHK no. 6010, Abyornæ (gen) ibid. no. 6015, Esbernus (nom) ibid. no. 6051
Old Swedish
● 1383 Æsbiörn SRA-vol2 no. 1911
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Osbern". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Osbern.