Æþelburg

Old English

Alternative forms

• Æþelburh

Etymology

From æþele (“noble”) +‎ burg (“city”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θel.burɡ/, [ˈæ.ðeɫ.burˠɣ]

Proper noun

Æþelburg f

1. a female given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCXXII Hēr Æþelburh cwēn tōwearp Tantūn þe Īne ǣr timbrede ⁊ Ealdbriht wræċċa ġewāt on Sūþrīġe ⁊ on Sūþseaxe ⁊ Īne ġefeaht wiþ Suðseaxan.

     Year 722 In this year Queen Aethelburg destroyed Taunton, which Ine had previously built, and the wretch Ealdbright fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine fought against the South Saxons.

References

• Elizabeth Okasha (2011) Women's Names in Old English, London, England: Routledge, page 21