Ortrun
/ˈɔːrt.ruːn/noun
A German feminine given name of Old High German origin.
Did you know?The second element, Germanic rūnō, is the same ancestral word that produced English “rune,” once associated with hidden knowledge and inscriptions.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*uzþrō / *uztrō
“Possibly the ancestral form behind the first element, associated with a point or projecting edge; the reconstruction is uncertain.”
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*rūnō
“Secret, mystery, or a concealed piece of knowledge.”
Old High German
Old High German
ort
“Point, tip, or edge, especially the point of a weapon.”
Old High German
Old High German
rūna
“Secret, mystery, or rune.”
Medieval German
German
Ortrun
“A revived or inherited Germanic personal name combining ort with rūna.”
Modern English usage
English
Ortrun
“A rare German feminine given name, also encountered as a literary or historical proper name.”