Alard
m.
Old High German adal 'noble' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.
The name of a 9th C French saint and cousin of Charlemagne.
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1107 Alardus (nom) CartStBert 3
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Alardus (nom) JeanIII p. 2,
Allardus (nom) ibid. p. 15
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1222 Alardum (acc) StPaulDom p. 30
- Early Modern English
- ● 1529 Alart PP-HenV p. 9;
1530 Alart ibid. p. 16
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1376 Aelhard BbRT p. 335;
1403 Aelhard ibid. p. 343
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Adalardus (nom) irminon-vol2 39,
Adalhardus (nom) ibid. 29, CE,
Adalhart (nom) ibid. 71, Palatiolum;
940 Adalardus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 88;
1047x61 Adelardo (abl) CartNDSaintes XV;
1101x1120 Adelardus (nom) CartStPC XXIV;
1101x1129 Adelardus (nom) ibid. XXII;
a1114 Adelardus (nom) ibid. XXXI;
a1116 Adelarde (gen) ibid. XX;
1138x62 Alardus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 59;
1147x62 Alardi (gen) ibid. 55;
1179 Alardus (nom) ibid. 176;
1378 Alardi (gen) hanquetvol1 839,
Alardo (abl) ibid. 676,
Alardus (nom) ibid. 1298
- Old French
- ● 1301 Alart (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 287;
1313 Alart Paris1313 p. 33
- Middle French
- ◑ 1421 Alardin favier 412
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 842 Adalerdus (nom) quix-vol1 87;
1108 Adelardum (acc) ibid. 85;
1136 Adelardus (nom) ibid. 98;
1142 Adelhardus (nom) mairhofer XII;
1173 Alardus (nom) quix-vol1 81;
1231 Alardus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XI
- Hungary
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- German
- ● 1313 Alardi (gen) Slíz pp. 15-16
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Adlard (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 6,
Adlardus (nom) ibid. III, p. 18,
Allardus (nom) ibid. III, p. 8
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Adelardi (gen) BBC-Berg 342
Cite as: M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Alard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Alard.