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5/4/2024, 10:14 AM Lucille
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5/8/2017, 4:24 AM xmaonx

Name Elegast
Gender Masculine
Usage Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈe.lə.ɣɑst/(Dutch)
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Meaning & History

Means "noble guest", derived from the Middle Dutch adjective edel meaning "noble" combined with the Middle Dutch noun gast meaning "guest".

In medieval Dutch literature, this is the name of the eponymous character of Karel ende Elegast ("Charles and Elegast"), a 13th-century epic poem about Charlemagne and his friend, the noble knight Elegast.
Added 5/8/2017 by xmaonx