Radegund
f.
Old Saxon rād, Old High German rāt 'counsel, advice' + Old High German gund 'war, battle'.
The name of a 6th C queen of the Franks and saint. The name occurs in England in the 16th C, where it was more common in Devon and Cornwall than elsewhere.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1553/4 Radigund ExMar 2a;
1592 Redygan COmar-vol2 p. 72;
1593 Radigund DEmar-vol2 p. 26
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Ratgundis (nom) irminon-vol2 19, Palatiolum
- Middle French
- ● 1571 Radegonde RegPCC-1 p. 465
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Radegund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Radegund.