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[Facts] Re: Adosinda
Adosinda is the feminine form of Adosindo, a name formed by the germanic elements “hadu” (”hathus”) and “-sindo” (“-sint” or “swint”), meaning "battle" and "powerful", respectively. Source: http://www.ciberduvidas.com/pergunta.php?id=18662~ isla, sophie, embla, zephyra, vida, clementine, swanhilda, calliope, magnhild, salomé ~
~ rémi, archer, louis, aurelian, pollux, lucan, storm, henry, nicodemus, maximilian ~

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Yes, a second element "powerful" seems more plausible than the "journey" that I had so far in my own database.The Gothic word is swinþs "strong". The English word sound in the sense of "healthy" and the German word geschwind for "fast" have the same root:
http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/SWIND
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sound
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