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Ildefonsus

From the Gothic-Visigothic elements hild "battle" and funs "ready, eager": roughly "ready for battle".

Meaning and origin

Ildefonsus is the Latin form of a Gothic-Visigothic name usually reconstructed as Hildefons, built from the same battle-word seen in Hroþireiks and Hroþisinþs, joined to funs "ready, eager".

How to pronounce Ildefonsus

Germanil-deh-FON-zooss /ɪldeˈfɔnzʊs/

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