Macbeth
m.
Old Irish mac 'son' + Old Irish bethad 'of life'.
The name of an 11th C king of the Scots.
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1040x1057 Machbet (nom) ESC V,
Makbeth (nom) ibid. V;
1093x1107 Macbeath (gen) ibid. XIV
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Macbeth". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Macbeth.