Fluduald

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Fluduald or Fludualdus, like Chlodovaldus, is a Romanesque spelling variant of the Frankish male given name Hludowald, which was in use at the time of the Merovingians and Carolingians.

The variant Fluduald appears twice in the Histories of Nithard (9th century). On the one hand for the monastery Saint-Cloud (Sanctus Fludualdus), formerly Novigentum / Novientum near Paris, which was named after Chlodovald ( Chlodoald ). This is mentioned in the histories of Gregory of Tours as the youngest son of the Merovingian prince Chlodomer , who in turn was the second oldest son of Chlodovechus (German Clovis / French Clovis) from the marriage with Chrodechildis (German Chrodechild / French Clothilde).

On the other hand, for a place on the Loire (Sanctus Fludualdus), where Nithard worked on his history books. (Quoting from the histories: "Dum haec super Ligerim iuxta sanctum Fludualdum [Saint Claude supra Blois?] Consistens scriberem, ecclipsis solis hora prima, feria tertia XV ...")

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The spelling of the name Fluduald is explained by the fact that medieval scripts were written in Latin. Since Romansh native speakers had difficulties pronouncing the Germanic breath sounds (h, ch), approximate spellings (c or ch for h or ch) (f for h before r and l) were developed. This spelling can still be found today in the French word flank , which goes back to the originally old Lower Franconian word “hlanca” for “flexible” (related to hdt, “slim” and “joint”). In the course of the Middle Ages, the initial breath sound before consonants like r and l in Dutch and Standard German receded (cf. a.fränk. Hros to nhd. Ross ), but remained in some Romance languages ​​as f or c.

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