alsbergum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === halsbergum, halsbergium halsberga, alsberga, hauberga, hasberga, osberga, halsperga, halsberca, halsberja f === Etymology === From Frankish *halsaberg m and, for the feminine variants, *halsabergu f. Early attestations include alsbergō (ablative singular) in a French document dating to 840 CE. === Noun === alsbergum n (genitive alsbergī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin) hauberk, neck-covering armour ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: ausberg Old French: hauberc (see there for further descendants) Old Occitan: halsberg Occitan: ausbèrg → Italian: asbergo, usbergo === References === "halsberga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)