Ælfhere

From Proto-Germanic *Albiharjaz, equivalent to ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈælfˌxe.re/, [ˈæɫfˌhe.re]

Ælfhere m

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

     An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þissum ġēare Ælfere ealdorman ġefette þēs hālgan cyninges līchaman æt Werhām, ⁊ ġeferode hine mid myċċlum wurðsċipe tō Sċæftesbyriġ.

     Year 980 In this year Prince Elfhere fetched the body of the holy king [Edward] at Wareham, and brought it with much fanfare to Shaftesbury.

Strong ja-stem:

• Electronic Sawyer S 1216 (Ælfhere, ealdorman, to Osgar, abbot; record of the sale of 20 hides at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks.) , Ælfhere is mentioned as "Ælfhere" in the text section and the old text section.
• “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