Ælfflæd

Old English

Alternative forms

• (Wessex) Ælflǣd
• (elsewhere) Ælfflēd, Ælfled, Elfled

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Albiflādi, from *albi (“elf”) +‎ *flādi (“beauty”). Equivalent to ælf +‎ *flǣd. Cognate with Latin Albofledis via Frankish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælf.flæːd/, [ˈæɫf.flæːd]

Proper noun

Ælfflǣd f

1. a female given name
2. St. Ælfflæd of Whitby

References

• Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 17