Walburg
f.
Old English weald, Old Saxon wald, Old High German walt 'power' + Old English burh, Old High German burg 'castle, city, stronghold'.
The name of an 8th C Anglo-Saxon saint.
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1548 Walbor (nom) Audén1980 p. 169
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1061 Walburga (nom) quix-vol1 60,
Walburgam (acc) ibid. 60;
1233 Walburgis (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XIV;
1259 Walburgis (gen) ibid. XXXI
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Walpurg Nurn1497 838
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Walburgi (gen) RigSB 466
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Walborgi (dat) SDHK no. 6037
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Walburg". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Walburg.