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Ælfric

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See also: Aelfric

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ælfric

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

References

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  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)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *Albirīk, from *albi (“elf”) +‎ *rīk (“king, ruler”). Equivalent to ælf +‎ rīċ. Cognate with Old High German Elbrīh.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈælfˌriːt͡ʃ/, [ˈæɫvˌriːt͡ʃ]

Proper noun

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Ælfrīċ m[1]

  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

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Ælfrīċ —
accusative Ælfrīċ —
genitive Ælfrīċes —
dative Ælfrīċe —

Descendants

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References

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

Further reading

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