Alberich
m.
Proto-Germanic *albiz 'elf' + Proto-Germanic rīkijaz 'rich; royal, kingly; mighty, powerful'.
The name of a dwarf in the popular Middle High German poem Nibelungenlied.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Albericus (nom) JeanIII p. 10
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1101x1120 Alberici (gen) CartStPC XXIV,
Albericus (nom) ibid. XXIV;
1133 Albrici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXVIII;
1135 Albericus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7,
Albricus (nom) ibid. 7;
1138x1162 Alberici (gen) ibid. 65,
Alberico (abl) ibid. 68,
Albericus (nom) ibid. 64;
c1140 Alberico (abl) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIII;
1141 Albericus (nom) CartNDSaintes VII;
1146 Albericus (nom) ibid. VIII;
1147 Alberici (gen) clairvaux-12thc 15,
Albericus (nom) ibid. 15;
1147x1162 Albericus (nom) ibid. 55;
1163 Alberici (gen) ibid. 99;
1163–64 Albericus (nom) ibid. 112;
1164 Albericus (nom) ibid. 121;
1166 Albricus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCI;
1180 Alberico (abl) RotScaNor p. 21;
1207 Alberici (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXXIX;
1275 Alberici (gen) ibid. XLIV
- Old French
- ● 1296 Auberi paris1296 p. 55;
1313 Auberi Paris1313 p. 58,
Aubri ibid. p. 72
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1149 Alberich (nom) mairhofer XXXV
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Alberici (gen) BBC-Berg 110,
Albrici (gen) ibid. 117;
1275 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLII;
1282 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII;
1285 Albrici (gen) Perugia1285 p. 159;
1286 Albricus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLIII;
1290 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV;
1292 Albrici (gen) ibid. p. XLIV,
Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV;
1293 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLIV;
1295 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLV;
1308 Albricus (nom) ibid. p. XLVI;
1327 Alberico (dat) Friuli-14thC no. 448;
1522x1532 Albericus (nom) DSF p. 57, 18
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alberich". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Alberich.