Bermún
Galician
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Witnesses to a Galician charter dated in 961: Mirellus, Viliefredus, Sedeges, Euenandus, Adolinus, Sedonius, Victimirus, Ermoygus, Lucidus, Petrus, Utantio, Menendus, Ueremudus, Prouecindus, Ermegildus, Eldebredus, Trasuarius, Adulfus, Eruigius, Sisnandus, Berane, Astrulfus, Riquila, Petrus.
Etymology
From Medieval Galician Vermũe, ultimately from a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Late Latin Veremudi, genitive of Veremudus; from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Weramōdaz, from *weraz (“man”) + *mōdaz (“mood; courage”),[1] or possibly also from *Weramundaz, from *weraz (“man”) + *mundaz (“protection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾˈmuŋ/
Proper noun
Bermún m
- A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in A Pereiriña, Cee, A Coruña, Galicia.
- A village in Santa Cruz do Valadouro, Valadouro, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in O Viso, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in Randufe, Tui, Pontevedra, Galicia.
Related terms
- Bermudo
- Bermues
- Bermui
- Bermuín
See also
Bermui on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- “Uermũe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “Bermún” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 281.