Eadweard

• Ēadward, Ēaduuard

From Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz. Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ weard (“guard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]

Ēadweard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: Edward
  • English: Edward
    • → Norwegian: Edvard
    • → Swedish: Edvard
    • → Danish: Edvard
      • → Icelandic: Eðvarð
• → Old Norse: Játvarðr
  • Icelandic: Játvarður
  • Faroese: Jatvarður
• → Old French: Edward
  • Middle French: Edward
    • French: Édouard
      • → German: Eduard
• → Latin: Edwardus, Eduardus
  • Italian: Edoardo, Eduardo
  • Spanish: Eduardo
  • Portuguese: Eduardo
• → Irish: Éadbhard

• “King Edward to Ælfstan, bishop; grant of 13 hides (mansae) at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks.”, in The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters‎^[1], University of Cambridge, 2011, S 828: “Eaduuard”