Baldrih

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === Paldrīh (Bavarian, 8th C. CE) Palderīhc, Paldarīhc (Alemannic, 8th C. CE) Palderīh (Alemannic, 8th-9th C. CE) Paltrīh, Paldric (Bavarian, 9th C. CE) Paldarīch (Alemannic, 9th C. CE) Paldrīch, Paldrīhc (Alemannic, 9th C. CE) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *Balþarīk, from *balþ (“bold, brave”) +‎ *rīk (“ruler, king”). Equivalent to bald +‎ rīh. Cognate with Medieval Latin Baldericus, Baldricus (7th–10th c., via Frankish). === Proper noun === Baldrīh m (Alemannic, Rhine Franconian) a male given name [8th or 9th C. CE] ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Balderih (11th C.), Baldrich (12th C.) Medieval Latin: Paldricus (9th-12th C.), Baldricus, Baldericus (12th C.) === References === 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 380: “b 34 balth~rīk”