Æþelbeorht

Old English

Alternative forms

• Æþelberht, Æþelbyrht, Æðelbriht

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θelˌbe͜orxt/, [ˈæ.ðelˌbe͜orˠxt]

Proper noun

Æþelbeorht m

1. a male given name
2. Æthelberht of Kent
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Đa was on þā tīd Æðelbyrht cyning hāten on Centrīċe, ⁊ mihtiġ: hē hæfde rīċe ōð ġemæro Humbre strēames, sē tōsċēadeð sūðfolce Angelþēode ⁊ nordfolc.

     At that time the powerful Athelbert was king of the kingdom of Kent; his authority extended to the boundary of the Humber, which divides the southern English from the northern English.

Descendants

• → English: Albert
• → English: Authbert

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 5 (Æthelberht, king, to Mellitus, bishop, and St Paul's minster; grant of land at Tillingham, Essex), King Æþelberht is mentioned as "Æðelbertus".
• Electronic Sawyer S 1180 (Æthelberht, son of King Wihtred, to Mildred, abbess, and her familia; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) by the river Limen and meadow at Hammespot (in Romney Marsh), Kent), Æþelberht is mentioned as "Æthelbertus", "Æthelberto" and "Æthelberti".