Aldfrid

Old High German

Alternative forms

• Altfrid

Proper noun

Aldfrid m

1. (Bavarian) a male given name, variant of Altfrid

References

• 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 3
• 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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From ald (“old, venerable”) +‎ frithu (“peace”) from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”); and Proto-West Germanic *friþu, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz m.

Proper noun

Aldfrid m

1. a male given name

References

• Dr. Heyne, Moritz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 2.