Osbert
m.
Old English ōs 'god', Old Icelandic 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
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- Latin
- ● c1132 Osberto (abl) MemStMF II-I;
1189 Osberti (gen) GASurv p. 137,
Osbertus (nom) ibid. p. 97;
1279–80 Osberti (gen) WaHR-SK p. 67;
1296 Osberti (gen) RCS-1 p. 93a,
Osbertus (nom) ibid. p. 95a;
1300 Osbertus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 231
- Early Modern English
- ● 1558 Osbert SaxhamSf p. 130;
1559 Osberd ibid. p. 134
- France
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- 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
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Osberti (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 10,
Osbertus (nom) ibid. III, p. 7,
Osebertus (nom) ibid. III, p. 22
- Scotland
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- 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. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Osbert.