Old English · proper noun
Osric
Normalised Ōsrīc
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈoːs.riːk/[ˈoːz.riːk]
- Syllables
- ˈoːs · riːk (2 syllables)
Meaning
-
a male given name
-
one of several Anglo-Saxon kings by this name
An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope. Year 731 In this year Osric, king of
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
By surface analysis, ōs (“god”) + rīc (“kingdom, empire, dominion”)
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