Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *AudamunduzScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_audamunduz
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Altnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977Germanic personal names before AD 1000 and their elements referring to birds of prey: With an emphasis upon the runic inscription in the eastern Swedish Vallentuna-Rickeby burialRobertNedomaKarl-Heinz GersmannOliver GrimmRaptor and Human: Falconry and Bird Symbolism throughout the Millennia on a Global Scale, vol. 4Kiel & HamburgWachholtz1583–16022018Personennamen in südgermanischen Runeninschriften: Studien zur altgermanischen Namenkunde I,1,1RobertNedomaUniversitätsverlag WinterHeidelberg2004Auðmundrmale given nameĒadmundmale given nameᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᚾᛞᛁᚢKunimund (dat. sg.)
propnmasculineu-stema male given nameFrom the compound stem *auda- of *audaz + *-munduz, a masculine u-stem personal name element beside *mundōde Vries 1977: 395, s.v. mundrNedoma 2004: 231–33. The u-stem formation is directly supported by Proto-Norse ᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᚾᛞᛁᚢ on the Tjurkö bracteate de Vries 1977: 334, s.v. kunimundiu. Compare Old Norse Auðmundr and Old English Ēadmund. The compound may originally have conveyed approximately ‘protector of wealth’, although dithematic Germanic personal names need not retain a transparent compositional meaning Nedoma 2018: 1586.