Æþelburg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaburg. Equivalent to æþele (“noble”) +‎ burg (“fortification”). Cognate with Old High German Adalburg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.θel.burɡ/, [ˈæ.ðeɫ.burˠɣ]

Proper noun

Æþelburg f

  1. a female given name
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXXII Hēr Æþelburh cwēn tōwearp Tantūn þe Īne ǣr timbrede ⁊ Ealdbriht wræċċa ġewāt on Sūþrīġe ⁊ on Sūþseaxe ⁊ Īne ġefeaht wiþ Suðseaxan.
      Year 722 In this year Queen Aethelburg destroyed Taunton, which Ine had previously built, and the wretch Ealdbright fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine fought against the South Saxons.

References

  • Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 21
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