"Rihbald" meaning in Old High German

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Proper name

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Rīkabalþ, from *rīk (“wealth”) + *balþ (“bold, brave”). Equivalent to rīh + bald. Cognate with Early Medieval Latin Ricbaldus (via Frankish), Anglo-Norman Ribald, and possibly English surname Richbell. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*Rīkabalþ}} Proto-West Germanic *Rīkabalþ, {{af|gmw-pro|*rīk|*balþ|nocat=1|t1=wealth|t2=bold, brave}} *rīk (“wealth”) + *balþ (“bold, brave”), {{af|goh|rīh|bald}} rīh + bald, {{cog|la-eme|Ricbaldus}} Early Medieval Latin Ricbaldus, {{cog|frk|-}} Frankish, {{cog|xno|Ribald}} Anglo-Norman Ribald, {{cog|en|-}} English Head templates: {{head|goh|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Rīhbald|sort=}} Rīhbald m, {{goh-proper noun|m|head=Rīhbald}} Rīhbald m Forms: Rīhbald [canonical, masculine], Hrīhpald [alternative], Richbolt [alternative], Rihbold [alternative], Rihpald [alternative], Rihpolt [alternative], Ripold [alternative], Richpold [alternative], Ricpold [alternative], Rihpold [alternative]
  1. a male given name Wikipedia link: Benjamin Guérard, Dieter Geuenich, Ernest Weekley, Hanks, Patrick, IN Group, John Murray (publishing house), Oxford University Press, Partridge, Eric, Richard Coates
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