Hunstan
Hunstan is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of Hun (Hun) and stan (stone), cognate with Icelandic Húnsteinn.
Variants:
Hunstan [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 95].
Hunstān [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 635].
Hūnstān [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 589].
Húnstán [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 71].
Prototheme:
Hun = One of an Asiatic race of warlike nomads, who invaded Europe c ᴀ.ᴅ. 375, and in the middle of the 5th c., under their famous king Attila (styled Flagellum Dei, the scourge of God), overran and ravaged a great part of this continent [Sir James Murray 1901 A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1st edition, 5: 455].
Deuterotheme:
Stan = Sᴛᴏɴᴇ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 167].
Usage:
An ealdorman named Hunstan witnessed a charter issued by King Æthelbeald of Mercia in 734: “✠ Ego hunstan dux” [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 95 (number 78)].
