Æþelheard

From æþele (“noble”) and heard (“hard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θelˌxæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈæ.ðelˌhæ͜ɑrˠd]

Æþelheard m

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

     An. DCCXLI Hēr Æþelheard cing forðferde, ⁊ feng Cūþrēd tō Westseaxna rīċe, ⁊ heold XXVI wintra, ⁊ heardlīċe hē ġewann wiþ Æþelwald cing. ⁊ Cūþbriht wæs tō arċebisċeope ġehālgod, ⁊ Dunn bisċeop tō Hrofesċeastre.

     Year 741 In this year King Aethelhard died, and Cuthred ascended to the West Saxon throne. He held it for 26 years, and fought bravely against King Aethelwald. And Cuthbright was ordained archbishop, and Dunn ordained bishop of Rochester.

• Electronic Sawyer S 1259 (Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, recovers for Christ Church 4 sulungs (aratra) at Bishopsbourne, Kent, originally granted by Aldhun, confiscated by Offa, king of Mercia, and now restored as the result of a synodal judgement), Æþelheard is mentioned as "Aedilheardus" in the text section and "E∂elardus" in the old text section.