Old English · proper noun
Eadric
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌriːk/
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑːd · ˌriːk (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- edricedrick
Meaning
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a male given name
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Eadric the Wild; an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon Thegn.
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Eadric of Kent; an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.
These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.
Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hlōþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, āsetton. Hlōþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Ca
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks. Equivalent to ēad + rīċe.
Descendants
edric, edrick
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