Hildeburg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Hildiburg, from *hildi (“battle”) +‎ *burg (“fortification”). Equivalent to hild +‎ burg. Cognate with Old High German Hiltiburg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxil.de.burɡ/, [ˈhiɫ.de.burˠɣ]

Proper noun

Hildeburg f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 41
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.