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Eadburg
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Ēadburh
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Audaburg. Equivalent to ang ēad burg. Cognate with goh Ōtburg.
Pronunciation
Ēad-burg
Proper noun
Ēadburg f
ang female
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCLXXXVII Hēr nam Byrhtrīċ cing Offan dohtor Ēadburge. Year 787 In this King Brightric kidnapped Offa's daughter Eadburg.
References
Electronic Sawyer S 1539 (Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wilts.; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berks.; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wilts.); Faccombe, Hants; Adderbury, Oxon.; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton), Eadburh is mentioned as "Edburge" in the old text section and "Eadburg" in the translation section.
Electronic Sawyer S 446 (King Athelstan to Eadburh, his sister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants.), Eadburh is mentioned as "Eadburge" in the old text section.