Old English · proper noun
Eadgar
Normalised Ēadgār
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑːd · ˌɡɑːr (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- edgar
Meaning
-
a male given name
An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā prēostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ 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 Athelgar 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 *Audagaiʀ, from *aud (“wealth, riches”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Equivalent to ēad + gār. Cognate with Old High German Ōtgēr.
Descendants
edgar
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