Ermengard
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Old High German ermen, Old Saxon irmin 'strong' + Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart 'enclosure, protection; yard, garden'.
The name of an early Frankish saint.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1135 Ermengarde (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1138x62 Ermegarde (abl) ibid. 60,
Ermengarde (abl) ibid. 60,
Hermengarde (abl) ibid. 62;
1147 Emengardis (nom) ibid. 17,
Emmengart (abl) ibid. 19,
Ermengarde (abl) ibid. 14,
Ermengardi (abl) ibid. 15,
Ermengardim (acc) ibid. 17,
Ermengardis (nom) ibid. 14;
1147x1161 Hermengardis (gen) ibid. 38;
1147x1162 Ermengardis (gen) ibid. 55;
1163–64 Ermengardis (nom) ibid. 115;
1164 Ermengardis (nom) ibid. 121;
1190 Ermengardis (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXXIX;
1260 Emengarda (nom) ArrestReg-volI II, St. Martin,
Emengardam (acc) ibid. II, St. Martin
- Old French
- ● 1313 Emengiart Paris1313 p. 54
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1151 Irmingart (gen) mairhofer XXXVIII;
1220 Irmengardis (gen) hennes-vol1 47
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Armegard SRA-vol2 no. 1928
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ermengard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Ermengard.