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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Mauger m. Old High German, Old Saxon mahal 'council, meeting' or Proto-Germanic *amal 'vigor, bravery' + Old High German, Old Saxon gēr 'spear'.

Cf. also Amalger.

England
Latin
● 1189 Malgerius (nom) GASurv p. 123
France
Latin
● 1015 Malgeri (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225; 1221 maugerio (abl) ChartCaen2 13; 1378 Maugeri (gen) hanquetvol1 535
Old French
● 1280 Maugier (obl) HistHdVParis p. 105; 1313 Maugier Paris1313 p. 41
Germany
Latin
● 1061 Malgero (abl) quix-vol1 60
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Malger (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 22
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Mauger". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Mauger.