Plegmund

Old English

Alternative forms

• Plegemund

Etymology

From pleġa (“play”) and mund (“protector, guardian”).

Proper noun

Pleġmund m

1. a male given name
2. Plegmund; 9th and 10th Century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury.

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1203 (Eardwulf to Wighelm; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold; with confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund, A.D. 890 x 923. The land had been given to Eardwulf by King Alfred), Plegmund is mentioned as "Plegmundus" in the text section and the old text section.