Fredibalus

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Vandalic. The first element is Proto-Germanic *friþuz (love; peace), while the second one is probably *balþaz (bold).[1]

Proper noun

Fredibalus m sg (genitive Fredibalī); second declension

  1. a male given name from Vandalic
    • 5th c. C.E., Hydatius, Chronicon[2][3]:
      Fredibalum regem gentis Wandalorum sine ullo certamine ingeniose captum ad Imperatorem Honorium destinat.
      He appoints Fredibalus, king of the Vandalic people, cleverly captured without any combat, to the emperor Honorius.
    • p. 828 C.E., Chronicon Moissiacense[4]:
      Fredobadum regem Wandalorum, sine ullo certamine ingeniose captum, ad Honorium destinat.
      He appoints Fredobadus, king of the Vandals, cleverly captured without any combat, to Honorius.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

  1. ^ Wrede, Ferdinand (1886) Über die Sprache der Wandalen (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 52f.
  2. ^ Sirmond, Jacques, editor (1619), Idatii Episcopi Chronicon, Paris: Sébastien Cramoisy, page 14, lines 6–8
  3. ^ de Ram, P. F. X., editor (1845), Idatii Episcopi Chronicon , Bruxelles, →DOI, page 66, lines 1–3
  4. ^ Pertz, Georg Heinrich, editor (1826), Monumenta Germaniae Historica, volume 1, Hannover, page 283, lines 17–18