Luther
m.
Old High German liut 'people' + Old High German heri 'host, army' or Ancient Greek έλεύθερος 'free'.
The name was sometimes conflated with Lothar.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● c1030 Liuther (nom) UrkStyria 46;
1074x1087 Liuther (nom) ibid. 77
- France
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- Latin
- ● 711 Leotarius (nom) CartYonne1 IX;
c823 Lederius (nom) irminon-vol2 46, Ved,
Leutharius (nom) ibid. 96, Palatiolum,
Leutharus (nom) ibid. 7, Gaugiacum
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Liudharius (nom) TradCorb §149,
Liutharius (nom) ibid. §56,
Luithario (abl) ibid. §136;
896 Luitharij (gen) quix-vol1 6;
963x1023 Leutheri (nom) TradCorb §226;
1064 Lutharius (nom) quix-vol1 92;
1149 Luitherus (nom) mairhofer XXXIII;
1238 Luderi (gen) CDL-1.1.1 XVI,
Luderum (acc) ibid. XVI,
Luderus (nom) ibid. XVII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Luther". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Luther.