“edge (of a blade)” + “bright”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ecgberht is a masculine given name.
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04 / Through time
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ECGBERHT— “formidable bright”
It has been extremely fertile in names, in many different forms, the simplest being the Frank Ega, a _maire du palais_. Our own two kings, Ecgfrith and Ecgberht, are probably thus derived, though some explain their first syllable by _edge_; but they are far more probably the same with the _awe_ of the North. Egbert continues in Friesland as Ebbert.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XIII (Œgir) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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