Heriberht
Old High German
Alternative forms
- Hariperht (8th C. CE)
- Heriberaht (Rhine Franconian, 8th C.)
- Heripreht (8th or 9th C. CE)
- Heriperht (Bavarian, 9th C. CE)
- Heribreht (Alemannic)
- Heribraht (Rhine Franconian, 9th-10th C.)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Hariberht. Equivalent to heri (“army”) + berht (“bright”). First attested in the 9th C. CE
Proper noun
Heriberht m (Alemannic)
- a male given name
Descendants
- Middle High German: Herbreht, Herbret (12th C.)
- → Medieval Latin: Herbertus, Heribertus (12th C.)
- German: Herbert, Heribert, Haribert
- → Faroese: Herbjartur
- → Swedish: Herbert
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 156, column 16, line 32