Oswald
proper nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈɒzwəld//
A surname originating as a patronymic.
proper noun
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historicalA male given name from Old English. Oswald of Northumbria, 7th century Northumbrian King and Saint.
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historicalA male given name from Old English. Oswald of Worcester, 10th century Archbishop of York and English Saint.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A place name: A suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
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A place name: A ghost town in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus Proto-Germanic *ansuz Proto-Germanic *waldą Proto-Germanic *Ansuwaldaz Proto-West Germanic *Ansuwald Old English Ōsweald English Oswald Inherited from Old English Ōsweald, from ōs (“god, deity”) + weald (“power”). Cognate with German Answald, Faroese and Icelandic Ásvaldur, and Norwegian Nynorsk Åsvald.
Oswald · A surname originating as a patronymic.
ot · The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.other · See other (determiner) below.Other · Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a…