ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

*ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ, “oath”) +‎ -ᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (-lataʀ /⁠lātaʀ⁠/). Second element is ancestral to Old Norse -látr (for instance in siðlátr (“well-mannered, virtuous”), from siðr (“custom, manner”)); the sense of the present term is thus ‘one who is mindful of his oaths’.

ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalataʀ /Aiþalātaʀ/) m

1. a male given name
   • c. 340–360, Nydam V axe handle^[1]:

     ᚹᚨᚷᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ ¶ ᚨᛚᚢ ᛬ ᚹᛁᚺᚷᚢᛊᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ ᛬ ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ

     wagagastiʀ ¶ alu : wihgusikijaʀ : aiþalataʀ

     /Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu wīhgu Sīkijaʀ Aiþalātaʀ/

     Wāgagastiʀ. ¶ alu. I fight (or: I consecrate). Sīkijaʀ. True to his word.

• The use of this masculine a-stem nominal is unclear. It may either be an adjective ‘mindful of his oaths, true to his word’ or a personal name with the same sense.