Wyrtgeorn

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Old English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

Proper noun

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Wyrtgeorn m

  1. Vortigern, a semi-legendary warlord or king of the Britons
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