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Gender Masculine
Other Forms FormsGamelbar, Gamelber, Gamebar
Meaning & History
Hypothetical Anglo-Scandinavian name meaning "young Gamall", from a combination of the Old Norse name Gamall and barn "child, young man" (which is cognate with Old English bearn). Gamall was originally a byname taken from the Old Norse adjective gamall "old", which gives *Gamalbarn the seemingly self-contradictory meaning of "old child".According the English chronicler John of Worcester, Gamalbearn was a Yorkshire thegn and one of the leaders of the Northumbrian insurrection in 1065.