Audun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Auden (Auen, Audden), Augun, Augon, Augen, Odin (regional variants)

Etymology

From Old Norse Auðunn, from older *Auðvinr, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Cognate with Faroese Eyðun, Icelandic Auðun, Swedish Öden, and Edwin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²œʊːʊn/
(newer, from written form) IPA^(key): /²œʊːdʉn/

Proper noun

Audun m (definite Audunen)

a male given name from Old Norse

References

Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Audun”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

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