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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Seaborn m. Old English sǣ, Old Icelandic sær 'sea, lake' + Old English bera, *beorn, Old Icelandic bjǫrn 'bear'.

England
Latin
● 1189 Sebarn (nom) GASurv p. 174; 1222 Sabarnus (nom) StPaulDom p. 90, sabarni (gen) ibid. p. 78, saberni (gen) ibid. p. 77
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Sebijörs (gen) Audén1980 p. 167
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Seaborn (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 10
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Seaborn". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Seaborn.