"Anselm" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈanˌsɛlm/ [UK], /ˈænˌsɛlm/ [US], [ˈænˌsɛlm] [US]
Rhymes: -ɛlm Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German helm (“helmet”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gem-pro|*ansuz||god}} Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), {{der|en|goh|helm||helmet}} Old High German helm (“helmet”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Anselm
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
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  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    (historical) Saint Ansgar of Bremen.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Anselm-en-name-a3GGbE4F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 26 28 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Anselmian, Anselmic Related terms: Ansel Translations (male given name): Anselm (Catalan), Anselmus (Dutch), Anselmo (Esperanto), Anselmi (Finnish), Anselme [masculine] (French), Anselm [masculine] (German), Ανσέλμος (Ansélmos) [masculine] (Greek), Anzelm (Hungarian), Ainseilm [masculine] (Irish), Anselmo (Italian), Anselmus [masculine] (Latin), Anzelm [masculine] (Polish), Anselmo (Portuguese), Anselm (Romanian), Anselmo (Spanish), Sèlmo [masculine] (Venetan)
Disambiguation of 'male given name': 50 50
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.