Osmund
m.
Old English ōs, Old Icelandic áss, óss 'god' + Old English mund, Old Icelandic mundr 'protector'.
The name of an 8th C king of Sussex and an 11th C English saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1183 Osmundi (gen) BoldonBuke p. 2;
1185x1186 Osmundus (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 6;
1189 Osmundi (gen) GASurv p. 80,
Osmundo (dat) ibid. p. 99,
Osmundus (nom) ibid. p. 82;
c1198 Osmundus (nom) ibid. p. 246
- France
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- Latin
- ● c1175–1180 Osmundi (gen) ChartCaen2 p. 63;
1180 Osmundi (gen) RotScaNor p. 33
- Iceland
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- Middle Icelandic
- ● 1500 asmundur (nom) DipIs-7 489
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Osmundus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 8
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Osmund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Osmund.