Old English · proper noun
Adda
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɑd.dɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɑd · dɑ (2 syllables)
Meaning
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a male given name
⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisċes cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he re
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (2)
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