dunstan

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von dunstan im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name

A patronymic surname

Relevante Übersetzungen

Saint Dunstan of Canterbury

born 909, near Glastonbury, Eng. died May 19, 988, Canterbury; feast day May 19 Archbishop of Canterbury. He served as a chief adviser to the kings of Wessex, beginning with Edmund I, who made him abbot of Glastonbury ( 943). Under King Eadred he served as minister of state, working to conciliate the Danish section of the kingdom and reform the church. Dunstan was outlawed (955) under King Eadwig and went into exile in Flanders, but he was recalled by King Edgar (957) and continued his reforms, restructuring English monasticism on the continental model. He became archbishop of Canterbury in 959

Silbentrennung

Dun·stan

Türkische aussprache

dʌnstın

Aussprache

/ˈdənstən/ /ˈdʌnstən/

Etymologie

() From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).