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Ecgfriþ
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Old English
Ecgfrith of Northumbria,Ecgfrith of Mercia
Alternative forms
ang Ecfrith 739, April 10
ang Eċġfrið 780
ang Eċġferþ ASC.
ang Egferþ
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Aggjufriþu, from gmw-pro *aggju edge *friþu peace 1. Equivalent to ang eċġ friþ. Cognate with goh Egfrid.
Pronunciation
Eċġ-friþ
Proper noun
Eċġfriþ m
ang male
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCLXXVIII Hēr oþiewede comēta se steorra ⁊ Wilfriþ bisċop wæs ādrifen of his bisċ.dōme from Eċġferþe cyninge.. Year 678 In this year the comet star appeared and Bishop Wilfrith was expelled from his bishopdom by King Ecgfrith.
Declension
Eċġfriþ sg
References
Electronic Sawyer S 50 (Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia), a man named Ecgfriþ is mentioned as "Ecfrith".