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ArchivesRe: Medieval name Albelinda / Abelinda / Alberinda??
in reply to a message by Davide Tosches
I'll make a couple of corrections:
1) Albelinda is not a derivatives of Alpelinda, rather the Alp- form is a de-voiced variant, de-voicing of Germanic /b/ to /p/ being common in the Holy Roman Empire (cf. -bert de-voiced to -pert, -brand to -prand etc.)
2) Lind with a meaning "eerpent" is a back-formation from Lindworm and cognate compounds, but the Lind- in these compounds seems to be simply the regular lind/liþe/linnr "flexible, supple, mild" (-worm meaning serpent by itself) and in onomastic use probably the "gentle, mild" sense (these being virtues expected of a lord)
The -rinda form seems to be a spoken/hearing error for -linda (/l/ is frequently misheard/misspoken as /r/)
1) Albelinda is not a derivatives of Alpelinda, rather the Alp- form is a de-voiced variant, de-voicing of Germanic /b/ to /p/ being common in the Holy Roman Empire (cf. -bert de-voiced to -pert, -brand to -prand etc.)
2) Lind with a meaning "eerpent" is a back-formation from Lindworm and cognate compounds, but the Lind- in these compounds seems to be simply the regular lind/liþe/linnr "flexible, supple, mild" (-worm meaning serpent by itself) and in onomastic use probably the "gentle, mild" sense (these being virtues expected of a lord)
The -rinda form seems to be a spoken/hearing error for -linda (/l/ is frequently misheard/misspoken as /r/)
This message was edited 5/3/2021, 10:44 AM
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