Old English · proper noun
Eating
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- eata
Meaning
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a son of Eata
An. DCCXXXVIII Hēr Ēadbriht Eating, Eata Lēodwalding feng tō Norðanhymbra rīċe...
Year 738 In this year Eadbright, son of Eata, son of Leodwald, ascended to the Northumbrian throne...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
From Eata + -ing (“son”)
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