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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *Aþalagaizaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aþalagaizaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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          <analytic>
            <title level="a">“Adalger”</title>
            <author>
              <forename>S.L.</forename>
              <surname>Uckelman</surname>
            </author>
            <editor>
              <surname>S.L. Uckelman</surname>
            </editor>
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          <monogr>
            <title level="m">The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.</title>
            <imprint>
              <date>2023</date>
              <note type="url">http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Adalger</note>
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            <orth>Aþalagaizaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɑ.θɑ.lɑ.ˌɣɑi̯.zɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚨᚦᚨᛚᚨᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ</orth>
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          <gramGrp>
            <pos>propn</pos>
            <gram type="gender">masculine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>a male given name</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#pgmc_athalaz"><ref target="#pgmc_athalaz">*aþalaz</ref></mentioned>  + <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#pgmc_gaizaz"><ref target="#pgmc_gaizaz">*gaizaz</ref></mentioned>. The historical personal name is independently documented as Old English <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">Æþelgār</mentioned> and continental <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">Adalger</mentioned>/<mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">Adalgarius</mentioned>, with the elements interpreted as ‘noble’ + ‘spear’ <bibl corresp="#uckelman2023" n="s.v. Adalger">Uckelman 2023: s.v. Adalger</bibl>.</seg>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>Aþalagaizaz</orth>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>Aþalagaizą</orth>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>Aþalagaizas, Aþalagaizis</orth>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>Aþalagaizai</orth>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>Aþalagaizō</orth>
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            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>Aþalagaiz</orth>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*Aþalagaiʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>Æþelgār</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>Elgar</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>Ælfgār</orth>
                    </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*Aþalagaiʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>Adalgēr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>Adelgēr</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Adelger</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
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              </item>
              <item>
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                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>Aðalgeirr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>Aðalgeir</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>Aðalgeir</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
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