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“nobility” + “throwing spear”
01 / Meaning & origin
Adelger is a masculine given name documented in German. English Wiktionary traces it to Old High German Adalgēr, from the components “nobility” + “throwing spear”.
Meaning: “nobility” + “throwing spear”
From Old High German Adalgēr, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to Adel (“nobility”) + Ger (“throwing spear”). Cognate with English Alger, Elgar.
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04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
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