Given name
Grimweald
“mask, helmet”·“might, authority”
Grimweald is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Grimweald is built from elements meaning “mask, helmet” and “might, authority”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Grīmōwald, built from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō (“mask, helmet”) + *wald (“might, authority”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Grimweald’s family of names
In Old English usage, Grimweald shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Grimuald.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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