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Herefriþ
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Hereferþ
Etymology
From ang gmw-pro *Harjafriþu, from gmw-pro *hari army *friþu peace 1. Equivalent to ang here friþ. Cognate with goh Herifrid.
Pronunciation
Here-friþ
Proper noun
Herefriþ m
ang male
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan ahton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wiġþeġn, tweġen bisċeopas, forðferdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, tweġen ealdormenn, forðferdon. Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died.
References
Electronic Sawyer S 1200 (Eadweald, son of Oshere, and Cynethryth, widow of Æthelmod, aldorman ; agreement concerning land at Chart, Kent), Herefriþ is mentioned as "Herefreð" in the text section and "Herefrith" in the translation section.