Æþelgar

From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to æþele (“noble”) +‎ gār (“spear”). Cognate with Old High German Adalger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θelˌɡɑːr/, [ˈæ.ðelˌɡɑːr]

Æþelgār m

1. a male given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.

     Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.

Strong a-stem:

• → English: Elgar

• Electronic Sawyer S 1512 (Brihtric Grim to Old Minster (Winchester); bequest of land at Rimpton, Somerset), an abbot named Æþelgar is mentioned as "Æˇelgar".