Hloþhere

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari. Cognate with German Lothar, Italian Lotario, and French Lothaire.

Proper noun

Hloþhere m

1. a male given name
2. Hlothhere of Kent; Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1428a (Decree of Archbishop Theodore respecting the division of the bishoprics), Hloþhere is mentioned as "Clo∂erius" in the old text section.

• Electronic Sawyer S 7 (Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent), Hloþhere is mentioned as "Lotharius" in the text section and the old text section.