Ordbeorht

Old English Alternative forms ang Ordbriht Ordberht Etymology From ang ord point (of a weapon) and ang berht bright. Pronunciation Ord-berht Proper noun m ang male The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ 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 Ordbeorht sg References Electronic Sawyer S 843 (King Æthelred to St Mary's, Abingdon; grant of 2 hides (manentes) at Arncott), Ordberht is mentioned as "Ordbryht" in the text section and the old text section.