Eadric
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“happiness, prosperity”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Cognate of Old High German Ōtrih and Old Norse Auðríkr.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editĒadrīc m
- a male given name
- Eadric the Wild; an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon Thegn.
- Eadric of Kent; an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Electronic Sawyer S 1506 (Agreement between Æthelweard and Archbishop Oda and the Christ Church community over land at Ickham, Kent), a man named Eadric is mentioned as "Eadric".
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