Donarperht

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Donarpret

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Þunraberht, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraberhtaz, from *Þunraz (Thor) +‎ *berhtaz (bright). Equivalent to Donar +‎ berht. Cognate with Old English Þurbeorht, Icelandic Þórbjartur.

Proper noun

Donarperht m

  1. (Bavarian) a male given name

References

  • Ernst Förstemann (1856) Altdeutsches Namenbuch (in German), Erste Band:Personennamen, Nordhausen: Verlag von Ferd. Förstemann, column 1199
  • P. Carolo Meichelbeck (1724) Historiæ Frisingensis (in Latin), Tomus Primi, Augustæ Vindel. et Græcii: Sumptibus Philippi, Martini et Joannis Veith, Fratrum, →DOI, →OCLC, pages 184, 241, 243:
    Iſtiſunc teſtes, qui hoc viderunt, & audierunt factum: inprimis ſupra dictus Deothart, Donarperht, Haduperht, Haholf, Alahmunt, Wolfdregi, Yſſo, Deotrih, Petto, Adalunc, Otperht, Kerperht, Wicperht, Hartuni, Siguhart, Kaganhart, Adalhart, Runtvvic, Egilolf, Ellinpald, Fricho, Teppo. Actum eſt ad Frigiſinga, anno Incarnationis Dominis DCCCXXIIII
    The witnesses who saw and heard this deed are: first of all the above-mentioned [then] Deothart, Donarperht, Haduperht, Haholf, Alahmunt, Wolfdregi, Ysso, Deotrih, Petto, Adalunc, Otperht, Kerperht, Wicperht, Hartuni, Siguhart, Kaganhart, Adalhart, Runtvvic, Egilolf, Ellinpald, Fricho, Teppo. It was done at Freising, in the year of the Incarnation of the Lord 824.