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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Wichard m. Old Saxon wig, Old High German wīc 'war, battle' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.

Austria
Latin
c1070 Wichart (nom) UrkStyria 69; 1237 Wichardus (nom) hennes-vol1 96
Belgium
Latin
1050 Wichardus (nom) CRS-2-5 p. 232
Czech Republic
Latin
1356 Wicardo (dat) chlumecky 150
France
Latin
862x876 Wicardi (gen) InsMacon X; 1000? Vuicardi (gen) CartSavII 9; 1135 Wichardo (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x1162 Wichardi (gen) ibid. 79, Wichardus (nom) ibid. 79; 1147 Guicardo (abl) ibid. 14, Guichardo (abl) ibid. 19, Guichardus (nom) ibid. 19, Wicardo (abl) ibid. 14, Wicardus (nom) ibid. 19, Wichardus (nom) ibid. 15; 1147x1162 Guichardus (nom) ibid. 48; 1164 Guichardus (nom) ibid. 122; 1168 Wichardus (nom) ibid. 134; 1171 Guichardus (nom) ibid. 142; 1174 Wichardus (nom) ibid. 160; 1179 Vichardus (nom) ibid. 175, Wichardi (gen) ibid. 176, Wichardus (nom) ibid. 176; 1187 Wicardi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LVII; 1196 Wichardo (abl) ibid. LXIV, Wichardus (nom) ibid. CXXXIX; 1300 Guichardi (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 382; 1301 Wicardus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 207, Wichardus (nom) ibid. p. 229
Old French
1301 Guichart (obl) ArchReimsII1 XIV; 1307 Guichars (nom) ibid. LX
Middle French
1392 Guichart MemBret-II col. 610; 1415[1469x1471] Guichard Waurin p. 224, Wicard ibid. p. 225; 1540 Guichard HistHdVParis no. 14; 1541 Guichard ibid. no. 15
Germany
Latin
822x875 Wichardo (abl) TradCorb §46; 1219 Wicardum (acc) hennes-vol1 41
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Wichard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Wichard.