-bald/-bold [Re: Vladimir]

>Not in <Archibald> (<Erkanbaldus>, etc.), surely?
>There the deuterotheme goes with Goth. <balths>,
>OHG <bald>, OE <beald>, ON <ballr> 'bold, daring'.

Oops, I think you're right. Have a cf. look at
Theobald/Diebold/etc.:
http://kunst-kreativ.de/theobald.htm

(In old German, bald/bold (that's now "kühn,
tapfer, mutig") as Engl. bold.)

>Brian

George