Waldhere
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Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *Waldahari, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz, from *waldą (“might, power, authority”) + *harjaz (“army leader, commander, warrior”). Cognate to Old Northern French Waltier and Old High German Waltheri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Waldhere m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Walter
References
[edit]- Electronic Sawyer S 75 (Æthelred, king of Mercia, to Oslaf, his former minister and now a servant of God at Worcester; grant of 10 hides (manentes) at Wychbold, Worcs), a man named Waldhere is mentioned as "Waldhere".
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