Bjorn
m.
Old English bera, *beorn, Old High German, Old Saxon bero, Old Icelandic bjǫrn 'bear' from Proto-Germanic *bernuz.
The name of several early legendary kings of Sweden, a 9th C Swedish king, a 9th-10th C Swedish king, a semi-legendary 10th C Swedish king, a 10th C king of Norway, and a 10th C king of Sweden.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 909 Berno (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 77;
11thC Berno (nom) ibid. no. 115
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Bern (nom) TradCorb §26;
1255 Bernonem (acc) hennes-vol1 157
- Iceland
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- Middle Icelandic
- ● 1495 Biorn (nom) DipIs-7 307,
Biorns (gen) ibid. 307,
Biỏrns (gen) ibid. 307;
1500 Biorn (nom) ibid. 489,
Biorns (gen) ibid. 489
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1300 bero (nom) SDHK no. 1873;
1350 Bero (nom) ibid. no. 6032,
Byernoni (dat) ibid. no. 6060,
Byernonis (gen) ibid. no. 6060
- Middle Norwegian
- ● 1383 Biærne (unc) SRA-vol2 no. 1915
- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Biorns (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1922,
Biörn ibid. no. 1911,
Byorn ibid. no. 1900,
Byorns (gen) ibid. no. 1918;
1409 Biorn (gen) SDHK no. 17265,
Biorns (gen) ibid. no. 17273,
Biør (gen) ibid. no. 17263,
Biørns (gen) ibid. no. 17273,
Biørs (gen) ibid. no. 17273
- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1543 Biörs (gen) Audén1980 p. 163
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Bjorn". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Bjorn.