Old English · proper noun
Ealhflæd
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑlxˌflæd/[ˈæ͜ɑɫxˌflæd]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑlx · ˌflæd (2 syllables)
Meaning
-
a female given name
Þā cōm hē tō Ōswiæ Norðanhymbra cyninge, ⁊ bæd þæt hē him Ealhflæde his dohtor tō wīfe ġesealde. Then he cam to Osweo, king of Northumbria, and asked that he give him Ealhflæd, his daughter, as his wife.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
ealh (“temple”) + *flǣd (“beauty”).
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