Guðmundr

Old Norse

Etymology

Old Norse guð (“god”) +‎ mundr (“protection”).[1] -mund is cognate to Old English mund and Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Proper noun

Guðmundr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • Icelandic: Guðmundur
  • Norwegian: Gudmund
  • Swedish: Gudmund

References
  1. Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
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