Bertricus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Beretricus (11th-12th C.), Peretricus (12th C.)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *Berhtarīk, from *berht (“bright”) +‎ *rīk (“king, ruler”). First attested in the mid 8th C.

Proper noun

Bertricus m sg (genitive Bertricī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. a male given name, an abbot of Schuttern Abbey [8th or 9th C.]

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 7, column 8, line 5
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