Absalom
m.
Hebrew אַבְשָלוֹם 'father of peace'.
The name of a Biblical son of King David. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Absalon. Geneva Bible (1560): Abshalóm.
For more information see Withycombe, s.n. Absalom.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Absolon (gen) JeanIII p. 25,
Absolons (gen) ibid. p. 25
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1155 Absalon (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1,
Absalonem (acc) ibid. p. 121, fn. 1;
1181 Absolonus (nom) StPaulDom p. 115;
1222 Apsolone (abl) ibid. p. 107,
absolon (gen) ibid. p. 29
- Dutch
- ● 1590 Absolon AuFr Ghijselinck
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1133 Absalon (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XXX,
Absalonis (gen) ibid. XXX;
c1156 Absalon (nom) ibid. XXXII
- Middle French
- ● 1565 Absalon RegPCC-1 p. 167
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1313 Apsolon Slíz p. 13;
1332 Absolon (nom) ibid. p. 13
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1186 Absaloni (dat) KD-1 no. 1;
1198 Absaloni (dat) ibid. no. 4
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1238 Absalone (abl) CartLevenax p. 13
Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Absalom". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Absalom.