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2/3/2024, 8:37 AM jocatchi
1/14/2024, 10:19 AM Frollein Gladys
1/14/2024, 8:18 AM Linguist56 Correction: Rumwald is not a cognate of the Germanic Rumbold, rather the OE Rumbald/Rumbeald is.
1/14/2024, 8:16 AM Linguist56
1/14/2024, 8:14 AM Linguist56

Name Rumweald
Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Pronounced Pron. /ruːm.wæ͜ɑld/(Old English)
Other Forms FormsRumwald, Rumwold, Rumbald, Rumbold
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Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English elements rum "abundant, extensive, spacious" and weald "powerful, mighty" or "authority, leader". This name was borne by Rumwold of Buckingham, a medieval infant saint in England, said to have lived for three days in 662.
Added 1/14/2024 by Linguist56