proper noun · feminine
Adalheidis
Adalheidis f
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfemininea female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
... dilectę aviae nostre Adalheidis videlicet imperatricis auguste nec non et fidelis Notkeri Leodiensis ecclesie venerabilis episcopi ecclesiam ...
...our beloved grandmother Adelheid, namely the august empress, and the faithful Notker of ... Liège, venerable bishop of the church ...992, Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Adalheidis | — |
| genitive | Adalheidis | — |
| dative | Adalheidī | — |
| accusative | Adalheidem | — |
| ablative | Adalheide | — |
| vocative | Adalheidis | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Old High German Adalheid, traditionally given as Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”), although the declension and gender match Proto-West Germanic *haiþi (“heath, pasture”) instead. First attested in the 10th C. CE