Hloþhere

Old English

Alternative forms

• Hloþhære

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari. Cognate with German Lothar, Italian Lotario, and French Lothaire.

Proper noun

Hloþhere m

1. a male given name
2. Hlothhere of Kent; Anglo-Saxon King of Kent.
   • Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

     Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.

     These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1428a (Decree of Archbishop Theodore respecting the division of the bishoprics), Hloþhere is mentioned as "Clo∂erius" in the old text section.

• Electronic Sawyer S 7 (Hlothhere, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's), Canterbury; grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent), Hloþhere is mentioned as "Lotharius" in the text section and the old text section.