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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Adelo m. Old High German adal 'noble', or a hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with this element.

Cf. also Adalhoh.

France
Latin
1115x1149 Adelonis (gen) CartStPC X
c823 Adalongus (nom) irminon-vol2 56, CE
Germany
Latin
842 Adalongi (gen) quix-vol1 87, Adalungus (nom) ibid. 87
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Adelo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Adelo.