Adalger

== German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Adalger m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adalgers or Adalger) a male given name from Old High German, of rare usage, variant of Adelger. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === Adalker (Alemannic, Bavarian), Adalgaer (Bavarian, 8th-9th C. CE) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to adal (“nobility”) +‎ gēr (“spear”). Cognate with English Alger, Elgar. === Proper noun === Adalgēr m a male given name [9th C. CE] ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Adalger (from the 11th C.), Adlger (12th C.) German: Adelger, Adalger → Medieval Latin: Adalgerus, Adelgerus, Alkerus (12th C.) → Medieval Latin: Adalgarius (7th C.) === References === A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Adalger". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 8, column 11, line 33 Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) [Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Confraternity of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M)]‎[1] (in Latin), Archiv, Hs. A 1, Salzburg: Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, 784-13th C., page 6 Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 374: “a 350 athal~gair” == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === Adilgēr === Proper noun === Adalgēr a male given name ==== References ==== Dr. Moritz Heyne, editor (1867), Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert‎[2] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, →DOI, →OCLC, page 1: “Adal - gêr nom. vir.”