Alaric
From Gothic elements reconstructed as alls, "all", and reiks, "ruler", read together as "ruler of all".
Meaning and origin
Alaric is the long-established English and Latin spelling of a Gothic name specialists also write as *Alareiks; Gothic did not survive in writing outside Bishop Wulfila's Bible translation, so the native spelling itself…
How to pronounce Alaric
| German | AH-lah-rik /ˈaːlaʁɪk/ |
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