Adalger

German

Adalger m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adalgers or Adalger)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to adal (“nobility”) +‎ gēr (“spear”). Cognate with English Alger, Elgar.

Adalgēr m

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.)

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”

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Adalgēr

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.”