Eadric

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“happiness, prosperity”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Cognate of Old High German Ōtrih and Old Norse Auðríkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌriːk/

Proper noun

Ēadrīc m

1. a male given name
2. Eadric the Wild; an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon Thegn.
3. Eadric of Kent; an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.

Descendants

• English: Edrick, Edric

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1506 (Agreement between Æthelweard and Archbishop Oda and the Christ Church community over land at Ickham, Kent), a man named Eadric is mentioned as "Eadric".