Bealdræd

Old English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Balþarād, from *balþ (“bold”) +‎ *rād (“advice, counsel”). Equivalent to beald +‎ rǣd. Cognate with Old High German Baldrāt.

Proper noun

Bealdrǣd m

  1. a male given name
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      ⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon...
      And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...
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