Gudmund
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Old Norse guð, Old High German, Old Dutch got, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god 'god, deity' + Old Norse mundr, Old English mund, Old Saxon mund, Old High German munt 'protector, protection'.
The name of a semi-legendary Norse king of Jotunheim.
- Iceland
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- Middle Icelandic
- ● 1500 Gudmundur (nom) DipIs-7 489,
gudmundar (gen) ibid. 489,
gudmundz (gen) ibid. 489
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Gudmundi (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 19
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1377 Gudmund (nom) SDHK no. 10938;
1383 Godhmunder SRA-vol2 no. 1946,
Gudhmunder ibid. no. 1938;
1411 Gummunder (nom) SDHK no. 17737;
1415 Gudmun (gen) ibid. no. 18469;
1418 Gudmundh (nom) ibid. no. 19090
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gudmund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Gudmund.