Ælfric

See also: Aelfric

English

Alternative forms

  • Aelfric

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Ælfric. Doublet of Alberic and Aubrey.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈælfɹiːk/

Proper noun

Ælfric

  1. the name of several historically significant men in tenth- and eleventh-century England

References

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks et al. (2006) A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford Paperback Reference), second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Aubrey ♂, ♀ (no pagination)

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

ælf (“elf”) +‎ rīc (“a powerful person, ruler”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈælf.riːt͡ʃ/, [ˈæɫv.riːt͡ʃ]

Proper noun

Ælfrīċ m

  1. a male given name
    1. Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), Benedictine abbot, student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homily, Biblical commentary, and other genres[2]
    2. Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), Archbishop of Canterbury 995–1005
    3. Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005), disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham and monk

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Ælfrīċ —
accusative Ælfrīċ —
genitive Ælfrīċes —
dative Ælfrīċe —

Descendants

  • → English: Ælfric (learned)
  • → Latin: Alfrīcus, Ælfrīcus, Elphrīcus
  • Middle English: Averi, Averie, Elfric

References

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.vv. “Ælfríc” (pp. 14–15) and “ríca” (p. 794, col. 1)
  2. ^ “Ælfric”, in Oxford Reference, 28 November 2023 (last accessed)

Further reading

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