Old English · proper noun
Dunstan
Normalised Dunstān
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈdunˌstɑːn/
- Syllables
- ˈdun · ˌstɑːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- dunstan
Meaning
-
a male given name
On þām ylcan ġēare wæs Dunstān aƀƀ ādrǣfed ofer sǣ.
In the same year, Abbot Dunstan was driven away across the sea.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).
Descendants
dunstan
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