Eadburg
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Audaburg. Equivalent to ēad + burg. Cognate with Old High German Ōtburg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌburɡ/, [ˈæ͜ɑːdˌburˠɣ]
Proper noun
Ēadburg f
- a female given name
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 1539 (Will of Wynflæd concerning land at Ebbesborne, Wilts.; Charlton (probably Horethorne, Somerset); Coleshill, Berks.; Inggeneshamme (perhaps Inglesham, Wilts.); Faccombe, Hants; Adderbury, Oxon.; and at Chinnock, Somerset; the beneficiaries including Shaftesbury and Wilton), Eadburh is mentioned as "Edburge" in the old text section and "Eadburg" in the translation section.
- Electronic Sawyer S 446 (King Athelstan to Eadburh, his sister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Droxford, Hants.), Eadburh is mentioned as "Eadburge" in the old text section.