Absalon

Absalon

1. A surname.

• Albanos

Absalon

1. a male given name, a variant of biblical Absalom best known for the bishop Absalon Hvide. Both names are very rare

• Axel, Aksel

Absalon m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Absalon: Absalonsson
• daughter of Absalon: Absalonsdóttir

• Absalom

Absalon m

1. Absalom

Absalon m (proper noun, genitive singular Absalons)

1. a male given name

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Absalon”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

• Abessālōm
• Abessālōn

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβεσαλώμ (Abesalṓm), derived from Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (Avshalóm).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈap.sa.ɫoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈab.sa.lon]

Absalōn m sg (genitive Absalōnis); third declension

1. (biblical) Absalom

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Absalon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Absalon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin Absalōn. First attested in c. 1500.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /apsalʲɔ(ː)n/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /apsalʲɔn/, /apsalʲon/

Absalon m pers

1. (attested in Greater Poland, biblical) Absalom
   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 2r:

     Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon

     [Absalon pax patris interpretatur proprium nomen viri Absalon]

• Polish: Absalon

• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “Absalon”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Absalon c (genitive Absalons)

1. a male given name, the biblical character Absalom