Æþelmær

From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalamār. Equivalent to æþele +‎ mǣre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θelˌmæːr/, [ˈæ.ðelˌmæːr]

Æþelmǣr m

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

     Þȳ ilcan ġēare forbarn Lundenbyriġ, ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare forðferdon tweġen ealdormenn, Æþelmǣr on Hāmtūnsċīre ⁊ Ēadwine on Sūþseaxum. ⁊ Æþelmǣres līc līð on Wintanċeastre on nīwan mynstre, ⁊ Ēadwines on þām mynstre æt Abbandūne. Þǣs ilcan ġēare forðferdon twā abbodessan on Dorsǣtum, Herelufu on Sċeaftesbyriġ ⁊ Wulfwin on Werhām.

     In the same year [982], London burned down, and in the same year, two princes passed away: Ethelmer in Hamptonshire and Edwin in Sussex. Ethemer's body lies in the new monastery in Winchester, and Edwin's in the monastery at Abingdon. In the same year, two abbesses passed away in Dorset: Herelufu in Shaftesbury and Wulfwin in Wareham.

• English: Elmer; Aylmer

• Electronic Sawyer S 20 (Wihtred, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges), Æþelmær is mentioned as "Aedilmer" in Latin and "Æthelmær" translated.
• Electronic Sawyer S 926 (King Æthelred to Godwine, bishop of Rochester; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Fen Stanton and Hilton, Hunts.), Æþelmær is mentioned as "Æþelmær" in the text section and "Æˇelmær" in the old text section.