Old English · proper noun
Daniel
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- Modern English
- daniel
Meaning
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a male given name, equivalent to English Daniel
An. DCCXXI Hēr Daniel fērde tō Rōme ⁊ þȳ ilċan ġēare Īne ofslōh Cynewulf.
Year 721 In this year Daniel went to Rome, and in the same year Ine slew Cynewulf.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Latin Dāniēl, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyél, “Daniel”, literally “God is [my] judge”).
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