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01 / Meaning & origin
Ealhfrith is a masculine given name.
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EALHFRITH— “hall peace”
Some of our commencing _els_ are no doubt from the fairy source; but there are others very difficult to account for, beginning in Anglo-Saxon with _ealh_, which is either a hall, or without the final _h_, the adjective _all_, by which in fact they are generally translated. The most noted of them is Ealhwine, the tutor of Charlemagne’s sons, generally called Alcuin, though his name has remained at home as Aylwin. Some Aylwins, are, however, certainly from Ægilwine, or awful…
Some of our commencing _els_ are no doubt from the fairy source; but there are others very difficult to account for, beginning in Anglo-Saxon with _ealh_, which is either a hall, or without the final _h_, the adjective _all_, by which in fact they are generally translated. The most noted of them is Ealhwine, the tutor of Charlemagne’s sons, generally called Alcuin, though his name has remained at home as Aylwin. Some Aylwins, are, however, certainly from Ægilwine, or awful friend; Ealhfrith, Ealhmund, and Ealhred, are also found, and one of these must have formed the modern Eldred. Among ladies are Ealhfled, and Ealhswyth, or Alswitha. On the whole it seems to us that the _hall_ is the more probable derivation; the _h_ so carefully used in the Saxon Chronicle is unlike a contraction.[138]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section XIII (Elberich) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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