Low German Names in Latin, 1424: Other Bynames

by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Uckelman)

© 2012 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last update 19Nov12

The following names are taken from the Offizium Rottum of 1424, a collection of Latin documents relating to the area of Xanten, Germany. The edition which I drew the names from presented the data by city. I have not been able to identify all of the cities on modern maps, but those which can be identified are split about equally on either side of the modern day Dutch/German border. The names are recorded in Latin, but show strong vernacular influence, which, in Xanten, was Low German, not High German (and thus the names look more like Dutch than typical German names).

Other bynames, alphabetically

NameNumberCitiesNotes
Boegel1Gynderich
Brant1Apeldoren
Francke1Berka
Huezel1Berka
Lugh1Gynderich
Lumme1Arsen
Peeck1Berka
Roffart2Duyffelweerde
Spijswinkel1Berka'spice shop', for a seller of spices.
Walack1Berka

Notes


Source: Wilkes, Carl, Quellen zur Rechts- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte des Archidiakonats und Stifts Xanten Band I, (Bonn: Verlag Ludwig Röhrscheid, 1937).