Gamuth

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vandalic, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *mōdaz (“mind, courage”),[1] compare German Gemüt, Dutch gemoed (“feeling; heart; soul”).

Proper noun

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Gamuth m sg

  1. a male given name from Vandalic
    • 5th c. C.E., Victor Vitensis, Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Genserici et Hunirici regum Wandalorum, II, 15[2]:
      Gamuth namque Heldicae fratrem, quia ad ecclesiam corum confugerat, occidere non potuit: quem tamen in loco latrinarum obsceno conclusit multoque cum ibi tempore degere statuit.
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References

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  1. ^ Wrede, Ferdinand (1886) Über die Sprache der Wandalen (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 67
  2. ^ Petschenig, Michael, editor (1881), Victoris episcopi Vitensis historia persecutionis africanae provinciae, page 16, lines 26–28
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