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Eadgar
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Old English
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Audagaiʀ, from gmw-pro *aud wealth, riches *gaiʀ spear 1. Equivalent to ang ēad gār. Cognate with goh Ōtgēr.
Pronunciation
Ēad-gār
Proper noun
Ēadgār m
ang male
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā prēostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne. Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.
Declension
Ēadgār sg
Descendants
en Edgar
non *Éatgeirr Játgeirr 1
is Játgeir
References
Electronic Sawyer S 63 (Ealdred, with the consent of Uhtred, his brother, and of Offa, king of Mercia, to Beornheard, comes; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun), Eadgar is mentioned as "Eadgar" in the old text section.