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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Odart m. Old High German ōt, Old Saxon ōd 'wealth, riches' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.

Spellings in Ou- are typical of southern France.

Estonia
Middle Low German
1383 Oderd BbRT p. 336; 1424 Odert ibid. p. 350
France
Latin
1147 Odardo (abl) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII; 1258 Odardum (acc) ArrestReg-volI XXXVII, pluribus, Odardus (nom) ibid. XVIII, pluribus; 1275 Oudardi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XLIV; 1378 Oudardi (gen) hanquetvol1 589
1378 Odino (dat) hanquetvol1 1304
Old French
1296 Odart paris1296 p. 27, Oudart ibid. p. 8; 1301 Oudart (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 282; 1313 Hodart Paris1313 p. 91, Oudart ibid. p. 5
1296 Oudin paris1296 p. 9, Oudinet ibid. p. 42
Middle French
1388 Oudart thierry; 1392 Hodouart MemBret-II col. 608, Oudart ibid. col. 616; 1415[1469x1471] Oudart Waurin p. 225; 1418 Oudart HGParis p. 376; 1423 Oudart favier 417; 1438 Oudart ibid. 400; 1563 Ouldard RegPCC-1 p. 36; 1564 Ouldard ibid. p. 49; 1565 Oudard ibid. p. 153
1421 Oudin favier, Oudinet ibid. 422; 1423 Oudin ibid. 346, Oudinet ibid. 96; 1438 Oudin ibid.
Italy
Latin
1376 Odoardo (abl) DouGen1 p. 22
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Odardo (abl) ESC XXXV
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Odart". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Odart.