Ecgfriþ

• Ecfrith (739, April 10)
• Eċġfrið (780)
• Eċġferþ (ASC.)
• Egferþ

From eċġ (“edge of a weapon”) and friþ (“peace”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈejjˌfriθ/, [ˈed͡ʒˌfriθ]

Eċġfriþ m

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

     An. DCLXXVIII Hēr oþiewede comēta se steorra ⁊ Wilfriþ bisċop wæs ādrifen of his bisċ.dōme from Eċġferþe cyninge..

     Year 678 In this year the comet star appeared and Bishop Wilfrith was expelled from his bishopdom by King Ecgfrith.

Strong a-stem:

• Electronic Sawyer S 50 (Ealdwulf, king, to Hunlaf, his comes: grant, in order to found a minster, of 16 hides (casata) at Stanmer, Lindfield and Burleigh, Sussex, with confirmation by Offa, king of Mercia), a man named Ecgfriþ is mentioned as "Ecfrith".