Behind the Name: Message: "Re: Berengar(ia)"

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Subject:	Re: Berengar(ia)
Author:	Mike C (Authenticated as Mike C)
Date:	June 5, 2001 at 1:03:59 AM
Reply to:	Re: Berengar(ia) by Nanaea

I came across a website which claims beren means "bear" in early Low German. That would make Berengar a dithematic name meaning "bear spear".

Unfortunately the website is now defunct, so the link below points to Google's cache:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:BIpcy4-chSU:www1.tip.nl/~t401243/names/name4_en.htm+beren+germanic+root&hl=en

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Messages in this thread:

Berengar(ia) - Daividh Jun 4 2001, 8:58:03 PM
- Re: Berengar(ia) - Pavlos Jun 5 2001, 5:03:41 AM
  - Blow me down! - Pavlos Jun 5 2001, 8:23:43 AM
- Re: Berengar(ia) - Andrea Jun 4 2001, 10:26:11 PM
- Re: Berengar(ia) - Nanaea Jun 4 2001, 9:21:15 PM
  - Re: Berengar(ia) - Mike C Jun 5 2001, 1:03:59 AM
    - Re: Berengar(ia) - Daividh Jun 5 2001, 6:31:16 PM
      - Mike's theory checks out via this source, too - Nanaea Jun 5 2001, 8:17:33 PM

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