Old English · proper noun
Æþelgar
Normalised Æþelgār
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ.θelˌɡɑːr/[ˈæ.ðelˌɡɑːr]
- Syllables
- ˈæ · θel · ˌɡɑːr (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- elgar
Meaning
-
a male given name
An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.
Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Ethelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to æþele (“noble”) + gār (“spear”). Cognate with Old High German Adalger, Latin Adalgarius.
Descendants
elgar
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