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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Alberich m. Proto-Germanic *albiz 'elf' + Proto-Germanic rīkijaz 'rich; royal, kingly; mighty, powerful'.

The name of a dwarf in the popular Middle High German poem Nibelungenlied.

Austria
Latin
c12thC Albirich (nom) GCSStFl p. 193
Brabant
Latin
1312 Albericus (nom) JeanIII p. 10
France
Latin
c823 Albericus (nom) irminon-vol2 b, Palatiolum; 969 Elpericus (nom) CartSavII 4; 1101x1120 Alberici (gen) CartStPC XXIV, Albericus (nom) ibid. XXIV; 1133 Albrici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXVIII; 1135 Albericus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7, Albricus (nom) ibid. 7; 1138x1162 Alberici (gen) ibid. 65, Alberico (abl) ibid. 68, Albericus (nom) ibid. 64; c1140 Alberico (abl) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII; 1141 Albericus (nom) CartNDSaintes VII; 1146 Albericus (nom) ibid. VIII; 1147 Alberici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 15, Albericus (nom) ibid. 15; 1147x1162 Albericus (nom) ibid. 55; 1163 Alberici (gen) ibid. 99; 1163–64 Albericus (nom) ibid. 112; 1164 Albericus (nom) ibid. 121; 1166 Alberici (gen) ibid. 129, Alberico (abl) ibid. 129, Albericus (nom) ibid. 129, Albricus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCI; 1179 Alberici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 177, Alberico (abl) ibid. 176, Albericus (nom) ibid. 177, Albricus (nom) ibid. 181; 1180 Alberico (abl) RotScaNor p. 21; 1207 Alberici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXXIX; 1275 Alberici (gen) ibid. XLIV
Old French
1296 Auberi paris1296 p. 55; 1313 Auberi Paris1313 p. 58, Aubri ibid. p. 72
Germany
Latin
1149 Alberich (nom) mairhofer XXXV
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Alberici (gen) BBC-Berg 110, Albrici (gen) ibid. 117; 1275 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLII; 1282 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII; 1285 Albrici (gen) Perugia1285 p. 159; 1286 Albricus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLIII; 1290 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV; 1292 Albrici (gen) ibid. p. XLIV, Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV; 1293 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV; 1295 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLV; 1308 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLVI; 1310 Alberico (dat) MonRav-2 CCCL; 1327 Alberico (dat) Friuli-14thC no. 448; 1522x1532 Albericus (nom) DSF p. 57, 18
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alberich". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Alberich.