Gunther
m.
Old High German gund 'war, battle' + Old English here, Old High German heri 'host, army'.
The name of an 11th C Czech saint.
The name, in various forms, shows up in medieval Frankish and Germanic literature as the name of important legendary and semi-legendary kings.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 1277 Gunthero (abl) FRA-XXXL 355
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1106 Gontero (abl) CartStBert 2
- Czech Republic
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- Middle High German
- ● 1318 Gvnther (nom) Rössler1 45
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1555 Kunnars (gen) Audén1980 p. 165
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Guntarius (nom) irminon-vol2 35, Palatiolum,
Guntharius (nom) ibid. 66;
1030 Gunterius (nom) StVdM-II 678;
c1035 Gunterius (nom) ibid. 668;
1067x1086 Gunterio (dat) CartNDSaintes XIV;
1101x1129 Gunterius (nom) CartStPC XXXII;
a1116 Gunterius (nom) ibid. XX;
1138x62 Gunterii (gen) clairvaux-12thc 74;
1138x1162 Gunterio (abl) ibid. 91;
1147 Gonterius (nom) ibid. 14,
Gunterus (nom) ibid. 15;
a1163 Gunterus (nom) ibid. 97;
1164 Gunterus (nom) ibid. 121;
1171 Gunterus (nom) ibid. 140;
1178 Gunteri (gen) ibid. 167;
1179 Guntero (abl) ibid. 178;
1301 Gonterus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 211
- Old French
- ● 1296 Gontier paris1296 p. 32
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Guntharius (nom) TradCorb §40;
1018 Guntherius (nom) quix-vol1 57;
1020 Guntherius (nom) ibid. 23;
1135 Gunterus (nom) ibid. 95;
1206 Guntherus (nom) hennes-vol1 7;
1207 Guntherus (nom) ibid. 8;
1212 Guntherus (nom) ibid. 12;
1230 Guntherus (nom) ibid. p. 91;
1234 Guntherus (nom) ibid. 91;
1426 Guntherum (acc) mairhofer DCCXXIII,
Guntherus (nom) ibid. DCCXXIII
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1226 Güntherus (nom) hennes-vol1 70
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1228 Guntherus (nom) hennes-vol1 p. 81
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Gunther". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Gunther.