Ælfric

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old English Ælfric. Doublet of Alberic and Aubrey.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Ælfric

  1. the name of several historically significant men in tenth- and eleventh-century England

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks et al. (2006) A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford Paperback Reference), second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Aubrey ♂, ♀ (no pagination)

Further reading[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ælf (“elf”) +‎ rīc (“a powerful person, ruler”)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈælf.riːk/, [ˈæɫv.riːk]

Proper noun[edit]

Ælfrīc m

  1. a male given name
    1. Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), Benedictine abbot, student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homily, Biblical commentary, and other genres[2]
    2. Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), Archbishop of Canterbury 995–1005
    3. Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005), disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham and monk

Declension[edit]

Declension of Ælfric (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative Ælfrīc —
accusative Ælfrīc —
genitive Ælfrīces —
dative Ælfrīce —

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.vv. “Ælfríc” (pages 14–15) and “ríca” (page 794/1)
  2. ^ “Ælfric”, in Oxford Reference, 2023 November 28 (last accessed)

Further reading[edit]

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