Ratolt

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Rattolt (9th C. CE)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Rādawald, from *rād (“advice, counsel”) +‎ *wald (“power, authority”). Equivalent to rāt +‎ walt. Cognate with Old English Rǣdweald. Alternatively, a form of Hratolt with h-apheresis. First attested in the 9th C..

Proper noun

Ratolt m (Bavarian)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Middle High German: Ratold (11th C.)
  • → Early Medieval Latin: Rataldus, Ratoldus (9th C.)

References

  • Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 7, column 8, line 14
  • P. Carolo Meichelbeck (1724) Historiæ Frisingensis (in Latin), Tomus Primi, Augustæ Vindel. et Græcii: Sumptibus Philippi, Martini et Joannis Veith, Fratrum, →DOI, →OCLC, page 184
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