Gamuth
Latin
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Vandalic, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *mōdaz (“mind, courage”),[1] compare German Gemüt, Dutch gemoed (“feeling; heart; soul”).
Proper noun
editGamuth m sg
- 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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editReferences
edit- ^ Wrede, Ferdinand (1886) Über die Sprache der Wandalen (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 67
- ^ Petschenig, Michael, editor (1881), Victoris episcopi Vitensis historia persecutionis africanae provinciae, page 16, lines 26–28