Otnant

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Audananþ, from *aud (“wealth, riches”) +‎ *nanþ (“bold, daring”). Equivalent to ōt +‎ *nand. Cognate with Old English Ēadnōþ. First attested in the 9th C. CE.

Proper noun

Ōtnant m

  1. (Bavarian) a male given name

References

  • Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 6, column 2, line 23
  • Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) [Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Brotherhood of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M)] (in Latin), Salzburg, Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, Archiv, Hs. A 1, 784-13th C., page 5
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