Madalhilt

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Maþlahildi, from *maþl (“assembly, council”) +‎ *hildi (“battle”). Equivalent to mahal +‎ hilt. Cognate with Old English Mæþhild. First attested in the 9th C. CE.

Proper noun

Madalhilt f

  1. (Bavarian) a female given name [9th and 11th C. CE]

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 6, column 3, line 24
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