Osbern
m.
Old English ōs, Old Icelandic áss, óss 'god' + Old English bera, *beorn, Old Icelandic bjǫrn 'bear'.
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1548 Esbijor (nom) Audén1980 p. 168
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Abiorna (gen) SDHK no. 6036
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Osbern (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 11
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1100 Osberno (abl) ESC XX;
c1118 Osberni (gen) ibid. XXXII
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Abyorna (gen) SDHK no. 6010,
Abyornæ (gen) ibid. no. 6015,
Esbernus (nom) ibid. no. 6051
- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Æsbiörn SRA-vol2 no. 1911
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Osbern". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Osbern.