Vortigern

English

Alternative forms

• Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern, Vortigen

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

Proper noun

Vortigern

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
   • 1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 33:

     Among the nobles of Britain was a prince called Vortigern.

Translations

name

• Old English: Wyrtġeorn m
• Welsh: Gwrtheyrn m