alsbergum

Latin

Alternative forms

• halsbergum, halsbergium
• halsberga, alsberga, hauberga, hasberga, osberga, halsperga, halsberca, halsberja f

Etymology

From Frankish *halsaberg m and, for the feminine variants, *halsabergu f. Early attestations include alsbergō (ablative singular) in a French document dating to 840 CE.

Noun

alsbergum n (genitive alsbergī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. hauberk, neck-covering armour

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alsbergum	alsberga
Genitive	alsbergī	alsbergōrum
Dative	alsbergō	alsbergīs
Accusative	alsbergum	alsberga
Ablative	alsbergō	alsbergīs
Vocative	alsbergum	alsberga

Descendants

• Catalan: ausberg
• Old French: hauberc (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan: halsberg
  • Occitan: ausbèrg
  • → Italian: asbergo, usbergo

References

• halsberga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)