Dægberht

Old English

Etymology

From dæġ (“day”) and berht (“bright, clear”). Cognate with Frankish *Dagoberaht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæjˌberxt/, [ˈdæjˌberˠxt]

Proper noun

Dæġberht m

1. a male given name

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1204 (Cialwulf to Eanmund; grant of land in Canterbury, in return for 120 silver pence; with added note of a purchase by Æthelhere in A.D. 888), Dægberht is mentioned as "Deibearht" in the text and old text sections.
• Electronic Sawyer S 296 (Æthelwulf, king of Wessex and Kent, to Badanoth, his apparitor; grant of land near Canterbury, in return for 15 mancuses of gold), Dægberht is mentioned as "Degberht" in the text and old text sections.