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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Otger m. Old High German ōt, Old Saxon ōd 'wealth, riches' + Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear'.

For the English cognate, see Edgar.

England
Latin
1357 Ogero (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 22
France
Latin
c823 Otgarius (nom) irminon-vol2 3, CE; 952x993 Otgerius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans 132; c1010 Otgerii (gen) CartSavII 5, Otgerius (nom) ibid. 5; 1047 Otgerii (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1135 Ogerus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1166 Ogerius (nom) ibid. 130; 1180 Ogero (abl) RotScaNor p. 12; 1257 Ogerii (gen) ArrestReg-volI V, Candlemas; 1378 Ogerii (gen) hanquetvol1 1711, Ogierii (gen) ibid. 373; 1038x? Otgerii (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 122, Otgerius (nom) ibid. 122
Old French
1313 Ogier Paris1313 p. 57
Middle French
1368 Ogier beauchet-vol1 p. 13; 1392 Ogier MemBret-II col. 612
Germany
Latin
815 Adgerio (abl) InsMacon III; 834 Otgario (abl) HambUrk-vol1 VIII; 842 Otgario (abl) ibid. X; 847 Otgario (abl) ibid. XII; 864 Otgario (abl) ibid. XVI
Spain
Latin
1012 Odger (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXI; 1020 Odegario (nom) ibid. MMCLXXV
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Otger". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Otger.