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Plegmund
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Pleġemund
Etymology
From ang pleġa play and ang mund protector, guardian.
Proper noun
Pleġmund m
ang male
Plegmund; 9th and 10th Century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
Further reading
Electronic Sawyer S 1203 (Eardwulf to Wighelm; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold; with confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund, A.D. 890 x 923. The land had been given to Eardwulf by King Alfred), Plegmund is mentioned as "Plegmundus" in the text section and the old text section.