Eadmund
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) + mund (“protection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌmund/
Proper noun
Ēadmund m
- a male given name
- Laws of the Anglo-Saxons: Eadmund I
- Ēadmund cyngc ġesamnode miċelne sinoð tō Lundenbyriġ on ðā hālgan ēasterlīcan tīd æġðer ġe godcundra ġe worldcundra: ðǣr wæs Ōda arċebisċop ⁊ Wulfstān arċebisċop ⁊ maneġa ōðre bisċopas smeagende ymbon heora sāwle rǣd ⁊ þāra þe him underþēodde wǣron.
- King Edmund assembled a great synod in London during the holy Eastertide of men both godly and worldly: there was Archbishop Oda and Archbishop Wulfstan, and many other bishops under them considering the welfare of their souls.
- Laws of the Anglo-Saxons: Eadmund I
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ēadmund | — |
| accusative | Ēadmund | — |
| genitive | Ēadmundes | — |
| dative | Ēadmunde | — |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĒADMUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “King Æthelstan of England grants privileges to the bishopric of Crediton in return for 60 pounds of silver”, in Cotton MS Augustus II 31[1] (in Old English), 933, via British Library