Engilberga

Old Dutch

Etymology

Compound of engil (“angel”)/*angul (“Angle”) + *berga (“protection”). The second element may not have been present in Old Dutch and instead come directly from Proto-West Germanic *bergu.

Proper noun

Engilberga f

  1. a female given name
    • 9th century CE, Evangeliarium van Munsterbilzen [Evangelistary of Munsterbilzen];
      [...] Elizabet / Engelbirga / Īda [...]
      T[h]esi samanunga was edele unde scōna.
      [...] Elizabeth, Engilberga, Ida [...]
      This community was noble and fair.

Declension

Declension of Engilberga (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun - no plural)
case singular
nominative Engilberga
accusative Engilberga, Engilbergon
genitive Engilbergon
dative Engilbergon

Further reading

  • “Trois documents sur Wittem”, in Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le duché de Limbourg. Deel 5‎[1] (in French), 1868, page 454
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