ALD

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Name Element

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

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*alða- = 'old' ^[1]

Old Norse

aldr = 'old age' ^[2]
eldri = 'older' (comparative degree ^[3]

Gothic

alds = 'old' ^[1]
alds = 'age, lifetime' ^[3]
altheis = 'old' ^[4]
alþeis = 'old' ^[3]

Old High German

ald = 'old' ^[1]
alt = 'old' ^{[1] [5] [3]}

Anglo-Saxon

eald = 'old' ^[4]

Old English

eald = 'old' ^{[1] [3]}

Related Names

See Aldi

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ULF	see AldulfR (Norse)
VID	see Aldviðr (Norse)
VIN	see Aldwin (German)

First Element Forms

Ald-

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
4. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
5. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)