Eanbald

Old English Etymology The first compound is unknown, possibly related to ēanian ("to yean"). The second is Old English ang bald brave. Pronunciation Ēan-bald Proper noun Ēanbald m ang male The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas]. Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf. References Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 38, line 17, recorded as "Eanbald"