Burchard
m.
Old English, Old High German burg 'castle, city, stronghold' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart or Old English heard 'strong, hard'.
The name of an 8th C English missionary to the continent.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Purchardi (gen) chlumecky 144,
Purchardus (nom) ibid. 103;
1350 Purcardo (abl) ibid. 194;
1351 Purcardo (abl) ibid. 1
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1414 Borchard BbRT p. 347;
1433 Borgard ibid. p. 356
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1163 Burchardi (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99;
1258 Bourchardo (abl) ArrestReg-volI XVII, Candlemas;
1260 Bochardi (gen) ibid. XII, Candlemas,
Bochardum (acc) ibid. XII, Candlemas
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Bouchart MemBret-II col. 601
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x75 Borchard (nom) TradCorb §45,
Borchardo (abl) ibid. §61,
Borchardus (nom) ibid. §183,
Burghard (nom) ibid. §21;
1098 Burchardi (gen) quix-vol1 25;
1103 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 62;
1112 Burchardi (gen) ibid. 26;
1122 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 27;
1142 Purchart (nom) mairhofer I;
1145 Purchart (nom) ibid. XIX;
1149 Purchardus (nom) ibid. XXIX;
1168 Burchardo (abl) quix-vol1 65;
1173 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 81;
1200 Burchardus (nom) hennes-vol1 5;
1207 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 8;
1214 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 16;
1216 Borkardo (abl) ibid. 26;
1219 Burcardus (nom) ibid. 40;
1225 Burchardus (nom) ibid. 68,
Burkardus (nom) ibid. 69;
1230 Borkardo (abl) ibid. 83
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Burckhart Nurn1497 314
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1232 Burchardus (nom) hennes-vol1 87
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Burchard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Burchard.