Old English · proper noun
Æþelmær
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈæ.θelˌmæːr/[ˈæ.ðelˌmæːr]
- Syllables
- ˈæ · θel · ˌmæːr (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- aylmerelmer
Meaning
-
a male given name
Þȳ ilcan ġēare forbarn Lundenbyriġ, ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare forðferdon tweġen ealdormenn, Æþelmǣr on Hāmtūnsċīre ⁊ Ēadwine on Sūþseaxum. ⁊ Æþelmǣres līc līð on Wintanċeastre on nīwan mynstre, ⁊ Ēadwines on þām mynstre æt Abbandūne. Þǣs ilcan ġēare forðferdon twā abbodessan on Dorsǣtum, Herelufu on Sċeaftesbyriġ ⁊ Wulfwin on Werhām.
In the same year [982], London burned down, and in the same year, two princes passed away: Ethelmer in Hamptonshire and Edwin in Sussex. Ethemer's body lies in the new monastery in Winchester, and Edwin's in the monastery at Abingdon. In the same year, two abbesses passed away in Dorset: Herelufu in Shaftesbury and Wulfwin in Wareham.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalamār. Equivalent to æþele + mǣre.
Descendants
aylmer, elmer
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