Boso
m.
A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old High German bosi 'evil'.
The name of a 9th C king of Lower Burgundy and Provence.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 658 Boso (nom) DCEL-2 CCCXXXIII;
711 Boso (nom) CartYonne1 IX;
c823 Boso (nom) irminon-vol2 50, CE;
937x993 Bosoni (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 80;
941x986 Bosoni (abl) ibid. no. 92;
952x997 Boso (nom) ibid. no. 79;
978? Bosonis (gen) ibid. 141;
c1035 Boso (nom) StVdM-II 718;
c1040 Boso (nom) ibid. 723;
1060x1064 Boso (nom) ibid. 709;
1065x1079 Boso (nom) ibid. 663;
1070 Boso (abl) ibid. 740;
1079x1081 Boso (nom) CartNDSaintes XXI,
Bosone (abl) ibid. XXI;
1082x1087 Bosoni (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 120;
1131 Bosone (abl) CartNDSaintes XXII,
Bosoni (gen) ibid. XXII;
1135 Boso (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1143x1146 Boso (nom) ibid. 12;
1147 Boso (nom) ibid. 19;
1147x1162 Boso (nom) ibid. 50;
1157 Bosone (abl) ibid. 32;
1163 Boso (nom) ibid. 94,
Bosonis (gen) ibid. 99;
1165 Boso (nom) ibid. 126;
1167 Boso (nom) CartNDSaintes X;
1174 Boso (nom) clairvaux-12thc 159,
Bosonem (acc) ibid. 159,
Bosonis (gen) ibid. 159;
1179 Boso (nom) ibid. 177,
Bosone (abl) ibid. 176;
1180 Boso (nom) RotScaNor p. 35;
1378 Bosoni (dat) hanquetvol1 no. 10
- ◑ 1032x1064 Boselinus (nom) LDS LV
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Bozo (nom) TradCorb §108;
963x1023 Boso (nom) ibid. §226
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1113 Boso (nom) CartNDJosaphat II;
1169 Boso (nom) clairvaux-12thc 135
- ◑ 1265x1339 Boselli (gen) BBC-Berg 664
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 834 Boso (nom) OrkGZ no. 30;
855 Boso (nom) ibid. no. 45
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1137 Boso (nom) CartHaut 2;
1235 Boso (nom) CLC p. 46,
Bosonem (acc) ibid. p. 45
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Boso". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Boso.