Hiltibrant

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Hildibrandaz. Equivalent to hilt (“battle, fight”) +‎ brant (“sword”). Cognate with Old Norse Hildibrandr, French Childebrand.

Proper noun

Hiltibrant m

  1. a male given name, and the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied

Descendants

  • → Medieval Latin: Hiltibrandus (8th or 9th C.)
  • German: Hildebrand, Hildebrandt, Hildebrant

See also

References

  • Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 413: “h 192 hildi~brand”
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