alsbergum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • halsbergum, halsbergium
  • halsberga, alsberga, hauberga, hasberga, osberga, halsperga, halsberca, halsberja f

Etymology

From Frankish *halsaberg m and, for the feminine variants, *halsabergu f. Early attestations include alsbergō (ablative singular) in a French document dating to 840 CE.[1]

Noun

alsbergum n (genitive alsbergī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. hauberk, neck-covering armour

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative alsbergum alsberga
genitive alsbergī alsbergōrum
dative alsbergō alsbergīs
accusative alsbergum alsberga
ablative alsbergō alsbergīs
vocative alsbergum alsberga

Descendants

  • Catalan: ausberg
  • Old French: hauberc (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: halsberg

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “halsberga”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 479
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