Eadgar

From Proto-West Germanic *Audagaiʀ, from *aud (“wealth, riches”) +‎ *gaiʀ (“spear”). Equivalent to ēad +‎ gār. Cognate with Old High German Ōtgēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/

Ēadgār 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 Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ 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: Edgar
• → Old Norse: *Éatgeirr, Játgeirr
  • Icelandic: Játgeir

• Electronic Sawyer S 63 (Ealdred, with the consent of Uhtred, his brother, and of Offa, king of Mercia, to Beornheard, comes; grant of 3 hides (cassati) at Huntena tun), Eadgar is mentioned as "Eadgar" in the old text section.