Ealdhere
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Aldahari, from *ald (“old”) + *hari (“army”). Equivalent to eald + here. Cognate with Old High German Altheri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑldˌxe.re/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫdˌhe.re]
Proper noun
Ealdhere m
- a male given name
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 332 (Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Æthelred, minister; grant of 9 sulungs (aratra) at Mersham, Kent, in return for 400 mancuses of gold. Latin with bounds. (2) Eadwald to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Willesborough, Kent), Ealdhere is mentioned as "Ealdhere" in the text section and the old text section.