Gospatric
m.
Old Breton uuas, guas 'servant', Middle Welsh gwas 'servant, vassal' + Patrick, 'servant of [saint] Patrick'.
The name of a number of 11th-12th C earls of Dunbar.
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1117 Cospatrico (dat) ESC XXX;
c1118 Cospatrico (dat) ibid. XXXII;
c1120 Cospatrico (abl) ibid. XXXV,
Gospatricius (nom) ibid. XXXVI;
1124 Cospatric (nom) ibid. L,
Gospatricio (abl) ibid. XLIX;
a1177 Cospatrico (abl) CartNBer 3
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gospatric". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Gospatric.