Cuþburg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Kunþaburg, from *kunþ (“will, desire”) +‎ *burg (“fortification”). Equivalent to cūþ +‎ burg. Cognate with Old High German Cundpurc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːθ.burɡ/, [ˈkuːð.burˠɣ]

Proper noun

Cūþburg f

  1. a female given name
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCC.XVII Hēr Ingild Īnes broþor forðferde, ⁊ heora swystor wǣron Cwēnburh ⁊ Cūþburh.
      Year 717 In this year Ine's brother Ingild died; their sisters were Cwenburg and Cuthburg.

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 28
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