Heribald

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Haribalþ, from *hari (“army”) +‎ *balþ (“bold, brave”). Equivalent to heri +‎ bald. Cognate with Old English Herebeald.

Proper noun

Heribald m (Rhine Franconian)

  1. a male given name [9th C. CE]

Descendants

  • → Medieval Latin: Hereboldus (12th C.)

References

  • Paulus Piper, editor (1884), “Confraternitates Augienses [Reichenau Confraternity]”, in Libri confraternitatum Sancti Galli, Augiensis, Fabariensis [Confraternity Books of St Gall, Reichenau and Pfäfers] (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Berlin: Apvd Weidmannos, page 218, column 213, line 17
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