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From the Gothic name *Amalaswinþa, composed of the elements amals "unceasing, vigorous, brave" and swinþs "strong" [1] [2] [3] [4] . Amalaswintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.

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1. Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford, 1945, page 97.
2. Köbler, Gerhard. Gotisches Wörterbuch, entry *amals, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.
3. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 394.
4. Köbler, Gerhard. Gotisches Wörterbuch, entry swinþs, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.

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