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Osweald
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Ōswald
Etymology
ang :inh gmw-pro:*Ansuwald<ety:inh<gem-pro:*Ansuwaldaz>> :afeq ōs weald
ang gmw-pro *Ansuwald, from ang gem-pro *Ansuwaldaz, equivalent to ang ōs<t:god, deity> weald<t:power>. Cognate with non Ásvaldr.
Pronunciation
Ōs-weald
Proper noun
Ōsweald m
ang male
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ang Syxta wæs Ōswald, Norðanhymbra cyning sē betsta ⁊ sē crīstenesta, sē þissum ilcum ġemǣrum rīċe hæfde. Sixth was Oswald, the best and most Christian king of the Northumbrians, who ruled over this same territory.
Declension
Ōsweald sg
Descendants
en Oswald