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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Frank m. Latin Francus, Old High German Franko, French Franc 'a Frank, a Frenchman'.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Franco (nom) JeanIII p. 10
Estonia
Middle Low German
1376 Vrancke BbRT p. 335
France
Latin
1047 Franconis (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1047x1061 Franconis (gen) ibid. XX; 1050 Franconis (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 100; 1378 Franco (dat) hanquetvol1 598, Franconi (dat) ibid. 150
1047x1061 Franquelinus (nom) CartNDSaintes XX
Old French
1313 Franques Paris1313 p. 38
Middle French
1392 Franc MemBret-II col. 605
Germany
Latin
822x75 Franco (abl) TradCorb §213; 895 Francho (nom) HambUrk-vol1 XXV; 1134 Franco (nom) quix-vol1 97; 1149 Franchi (nom) mairhofer XXX; 1165 Franco (nom) quix-vol1 93; 1219 Franco (nom) hennes-vol1 40; 1540 Franco (nom) quix-vol1 93
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