Æþelgar

• Eþelgār (in a Latin text)

From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalagaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz. Equivalent to æþele (“noble”) +‎ gār (“spear”). Cognate with Old High German Adalger, Latin Adalgarius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θelˌɡɑːr/, [ˈæ.ðelˌɡɑːr]

Æþelgār 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 Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ 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 Ethelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.

     Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.

Strong a-stem:

• → English: Elgar

• Electronic Sawyer S 1512 (Brihtric Grim to Old Minster (Winchester); bequest of land at Rimpton, Somerset), an abbot named Æþelgar is mentioned as "Æˇelgar".