"Ratberht" meaning in Old High German

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Proper name

Forms: Rātberht [canonical, masculine], Hratperht [alternative], Rātperht [alternative], Rātpert [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Rādaberht, from *rād (“advice, counsel”) + *berht (“bright”). Equivalent to rāt + berht. Cognate with Old English Rǣdbeorht. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*Rādaberht}} Proto-West Germanic *Rādaberht, {{af|gmw-pro|*rād|*berht|nocat=1|t1=advice, counsel|t2=bright}} *rād (“advice, counsel”) + *berht (“bright”), {{af|goh|rāt|berht}} rāt + berht, {{cog|ang|Rǣdbeorht}} Old English Rǣdbeorht Head templates: {{head|goh|proper noun|g=m|head=Rātberht}} Rātberht m
  1. a male given name
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      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "12th C."
      ],
      "word": "Ratpreht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "12-13th C."
      ],
      "word": "Rapreht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Medieval Latin",
      "lang_code": "la-med",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "11th C."
      ],
      "word": "Ratpertus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*Rādaberht",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rādaberht"
    ],
    [
      "*rād",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rād"
    ],
    [
      "*berht",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berht"
    ],
    [
      "rāt",
      "rat#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "berht",
      "berht#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Rǣdbeorht",
      "Rædbeorht#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*Rādaberht"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*rād",
        "3": "*berht",
        "nocat": "1",
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        "t2": "bright"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English Rǣdbeorht",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *Rādaberht, from *rād (“advice, counsel”) + *berht (“bright”). Equivalent to rāt + berht. Cognate with Old English Rǣdbeorht.",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hratperht",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rātperht",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rātpert",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "Rātberht"
      },
      "expansion": "Rātberht m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-Ratberht-goh-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "12th C."
      ],
      "word": "Ratpreht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "12-13th C."
      ],
      "word": "Rapreht"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Medieval Latin",
      "lang_code": "la-med",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "11th C."
      ],
      "word": "Ratpertus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*Rādaberht",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rādaberht"
    ],
    [
      "*rād",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rād"
    ],
    [
      "*berht",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berht"
    ],
    [
      "rāt",
      "rat#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "berht",
      "berht#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Rǣdbeorht",
      "Rædbeorht#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*Rādaberht"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *Rādaberht",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*rād",
        "3": "*berht",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "advice, counsel",
        "t2": "bright"
      },
      "expansion": "*rād (“advice, counsel”) + *berht (“bright”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "rāt",
        "3": "berht"
      },
      "expansion": "rāt + berht",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Rǣdbeorht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English Rǣdbeorht",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *Rādaberht, from *rād (“advice, counsel”) + *berht (“bright”). Equivalent to rāt + berht. Cognate with Old English Rǣdbeorht.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rātberht",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hratperht",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rātperht",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rātpert",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "Rātberht"
      },
      "expansion": "Rātberht m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German compound terms",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German given names",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German male given names",
        "Old High German masculine nouns",
        "Old High German proper nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ratberht"
}

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