Old English · proper noun
Ælfhere
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈælfˌxe.re/[ˈæɫfˌhe.re]
- Syllables
- ˈælf · ˌxe · re (3 syllables)
Meaning
-
a male given name
An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þissum ġēare Ælfere ealdorman ġefette þēs hālgan cyninges līchaman æt Werhām, ⁊ ġeferode hine mid myċċlum wurðsċipe tō Sċæftesbyriġ.
Year 980 In this year Prince Elfhere fetched the body of the holy king [Edward] at Wareham, and brought it with much fanfare to Shaftesbury.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Albiharjaz, equivalent to ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”).
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