Liutger
m.
Old High German liut 'people' + Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear'.
The name of an 8th C saint.
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1429 Ludeger BbRT p. 354
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Leutgarius (nom) irminon-vol2 28, Palatiolum;
941x986 Leotgario (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 92;
11thC Leodegarius (nom) ibid. no. 115;
1030x1070 Leodegario (abl) ibid. no. 103,
Leudegarius (nom) ibid. no. 103;
1031 Leudegarius (nom) ibid. no. 107;
1046 Leudegarii (gen) ibid. 139,
Leudegarius (nom) ibid. 139;
1050 Leodegarius (nom) ibid. no. 100;
1052 Leudegarii (gen) ibid. no. 85;
1067 Leodegarius (nom) CartNDSaintes XII;
1115 Leodegarius (nom) StVdM-II 734;
1163–64 Leodegarius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 108;
1164 Leodegarius (nom) ibid. 120;
1168 Leodegarius (nom) ibid. 134;
1179 Leodegarius (nom) ibid. 175;
1301 Leodegarii (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 210
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Ludgerus (nom) TradCorb §179;
1001 Liutgero (dat) HambUrk-vol1 LIV
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Liutger". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Liutger.