Isanger

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • Īsankēr (8th or 9th C. CE)
  • Hīsangēr (9th C. CE)

Etymology

Equivalent to īsarn (“iron”) +‎ gēr (“spear”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *īsarną and *gaizaz. Cognate with Icelandic Járngeir m.

Proper noun

Īsangēr m (Bavarian, Alemannic)

  1. a male given name [8th or 9th C. CE]

Descendants

  • → Medieval Latin: Isangerus (11th C.), Isingerus (11th-12th C.)

References

  • Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 25, column 61, line 4
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