Hildebrand

Means "battle sword", derived from the Old German element hilt "battle" combined with brant "fire, torch, sword" [2] [3] . This was the name of the hero of an 8th-century poem written in Old High German.

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1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 825.
2. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *hilt, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
3. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry brant, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.

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