Eadmund

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ mund (“protection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌmund/

Proper noun

Ēadmund m

1. a male given name

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Ēadmund	—
accusative	Ēadmund	—
genitive	Ēadmundes	—
dative	Ēadmunde	—

Descendants

• Middle English: Edmund
  • English: Edmund
  • → Old Swedish: Ø̄dmunder (calque)
  • → Irish: Éamonn (obsolete Éadmond)
    • → English: Eamon
• → Anglo-Norman: Edmond
  • → English: Edmond
  • → French: Edmond

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĒADMUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• “King Æthelstan of England grants privileges to the bishopric of Crediton in return for 60 pounds of silver”, in Cotton MS Augustus II 31‎^[1] (in Old English), 933, via British Library