Gerberg
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Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear' + Old High German berg 'mountain, hill' or Old High German burg 'castle, city, stronghold'.
The name of an 8th C queen consort of the Franks, a 10th C queen consort of France, and the birth name of an 11th C queen consort of Aragon.
The two possible deuterothemes were not reliably distinguished, even at an early period.
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Gairberga (nom) irminon-vol2 100, Palatiolum,
Gerberga (nom) ibid. 4, CE,
Gerburc (nom) ibid. 2, CE,
Girberga (nom) ibid. 22, CE;
1040x1080 Guirberga (nom) StVdM-II 664;
1135 Girberga (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1147 Gyrberga (abl) ibid. 19
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Gherberch (abl) TradCorb §68,
Gherberge (abl) ibid. §171,
Gherberghe (abl) ibid. §30,
Gherburg (abl) ibid. §26,
Gherburgh (nom) ibid. §18
- Early New High German
- ● 1360 Gerborge (dat) UrkHess-3 994
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1020 Girberga (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXV
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gerberg". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Gerberg.