Eadmær

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic, from *aud (“wealth”) +‎ *mār (“famous”, onomastic suffix), equivalent to Old English ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and mǣre (“famous, great”). Cognate with Old High German Ōtmār

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌmæːr/

Ēadmǣr m

1. a male given name
2. Eadmer; an English historian born shortly before the Norman Conquest.

• Electronic Sawyer S 1301 (Oswald, bishop, to Eadmær, his minister; lease, for three lives, of 2 hides (mansae) at Bentley in Holt, saltpans at Upwich (lost, in Droitwich) and woodland at Bradley, all in Worcs., with reversion to the church of Worcester), Eadmær is mentioned as "Eadmære"/"Eadmær" in the old text section.

• Electronic Sawyer S 877 (King Æthelred to Ælfthryth, his mother; grant of 3.5 (sulunga) at Brabourne, 3.5 at Evegate, 2 at Burhwarefelda, 3 at Nackington, 3 at Chalk and 1 at Wirigenn (? Perry), Kent, forfeited by Wulfbald for many crimes. Ælfthryth gives in exchange land at Cholsey, Berks. With an account of Wulfbald's forfeiture in English), Eadmær is mentioned as "Eadmær" in the text and old text sections.