Ealdþryþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Aldaþrūþi, from *ald (“old”) +‎ *þrūþi (“strength”). Equivalent to eald +‎ þrȳþ. Cognate with Old High German Altdrūt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑldˌθryːθ/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫdˌθryːθ]

Proper noun

Ealdþrȳþ f

  1. a female given name

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 34
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