ADAL

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old Saxon 1.3 Anglo-Saxon 1.4 Old High German 1.5 Old English 1.6 Frisian 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

aðal = 'noble' ^[1]

Old Saxon

athali = 'noble' ^[2]
athal = 'nobility' ^[3]
ađali = 'noble' ^[4]
eđeli = 'noble' ^[4]

Anglo-Saxon

aethel = 'noble' ^[2]
aethelu = 'noble' ^[2]

Old High German

adal = 'noble' ^{[2] [5] [6]}

Old English

æthel = 'noble' ^[5]

Frisian

edel = 'noble' ^[2]
ethel = 'noble' ^[2]
othel = 'noble' ^[2]

Related Names

See Ada, Adde, Adel, Adela, Adelitza, Ate, Atti, Ebbe, Edela, Ella, Ethel

See also Aðalmærki

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Aðalbjörn
BJÖRT	see Aðalbjört (Norse) and Adalberaht (German)
BORG	see Adalburg (German) and Ethelburga (English)
BRAND	see Adalbrand (German)
DIS	see Aðaldís
DRIF	see Aldríf
FRID	see Athalfrid (German)
FRÍÐ	see Aðalfríður and Alfridh
GAUT	see Algautr
GEIR	see Æðelgár (English)
GERD	see Aðalgerður
GISL	see *Aþa-gíslaR
GRIM	see Aðalgrímr
GUNN	see Adelgund
HARD	see Athalhart (German)
HEID	see Adalhaid (German)
HILD	see Adelhild (German)
LEN	see Adelena
LIN	see Adelina
LÍN	see Aðallín
LIND	see Alinda
MAR	see Athalmar (German) and Æthelmær (English)
MUND	see Almund (Norse) and Æðelmund (English)
RIK	see Athalric (German) and Æðelric (English)
RUN	see Alrún
STEIN	see Æðelstán (English) and Aðalsteinunn (Norse)
SVEIN	see Aðalsveinn
ULF	see AþawulfaR (Norse) and Athalwolf (German)
UNN	see Aðalsteinunn
VARD	see Æðelweard (English)
VEIG	see Aðalveig
VI	see Alví
VID	see Alvid
VIG	see Adalwig (German)
VIN	see Ánn (Norse), Adalwin (German) and Æðelwine (English)
ÞEGN	see Aðalþegn
ÞRUÐ	see Alþrúðr (Norse) and Edeltraud (German) and Æthelthryth (English)

First Element Forms

A- Á-
Aad- Aat-
Ad- Að- Ád- Adh-
Adal- Aðal- Adel-
Al-
Athal-
Au-
Aþa- *Aþa-
Ead-
Edel-
El- Eli-
Ethel-
Æðel-
Æthel-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
4. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Studien zu den altsächsischen Personennamen des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts (1955)
5. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
6. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)