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“thinking, thought, memory, thanks” + “guardian, protector”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Dankwart is a masculine given name. German Wiktionary gives the components “thinking, thought, memory, thanks” + “guardian, protector”.
Meaning: “thinking, thought, memory, thanks” + “guardian, protector”
althochdeutsch thank „Denken, Gedanke, Erinnerung, Dank“ und wart „Hüter, Schützer“
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04 / Through time
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DANKWART— “thankful ward”
In the _Nibelungenlied_ the father of Chriemhilt, who dwelt at Wurms, was ‘hight Dankrat,’ and the marshal at the court was Dankwart the swift, Hagen’s brother. Innocent as he was of a share in his brother’s crime, he was the first to be assailed while he was dining with Etzel’s knights, and he had to fight his way through Chriemhild’s warriors before he could return to his comrades in the hall, when he kept the door until, like all the rest, he perished in the massacre.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section IX (Dankwart) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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