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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.

Austria
Latin
● 928 Pero (nom) UrkStyria 18; c1030 Pero (nom) ibid. 48; c1130 Bero (nom) ibid. 124
Denmark
Danish
● 1581 Biørnn KD-1 no. 362
Finland
Old Swedish
● 1405 Biørn (nom) SDHK no. 16441
France
Latin
● 909 Berno (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 77; 11thC Berno (nom) ibid. no. 115
Germany
Latin
● 822x875 Bern (nom) TradCorb §26; 1255 Bernonem (acc) hennes-vol1 157; 1322 Beronis (gen) SMM p. 159
Iceland
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
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; 1411 Biorns (gen) ibid. no. 17663; 1413 Biorns (nom) ibid. no. 18026
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 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Bjorn.