Eadbeald
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Audabalþ, from *aud (“wealth”) + *balþ (“brave, bold”). Equivalent to ēad + beald. Cognate with Old High German Ōtbald.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌbæ͜ɑld/, [ˈæ͜ɑːdˌbæ͜ɑɫd]
Proper noun
Ēadbeald m
- a male given name
- Eadbald of Kent; an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 6 (Eadbald, king, to the minster of SS Peter and Paul (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 30 sulungs (aratra) at Northbourne, Kent), Eadbeald is mentioned as "Eadbaldus" in the text section and the old text section.