Eadweard

• Ēadward, Ēaduuard

From Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz. Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ weard (“guard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]

Ēadweard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt
     on þone eahtoðan dæġ
     Ēadgār of līfe,
     beorna bēahġifa.
     Feng his bearn syþþan
     tō cyneriċe
     ċild unwexen,
     eorla aldor,
     ðām wæs Ēadweard nama.

     On the eighth day [of July]
     the young Edgar,
     ring-giver of men,
     departed from life.
     His son then ascended
     to the throne,
     a child not yet grown,
     a king of earls,
     whose name was Edward.

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: Edward
  • English: Edward
    • → Norwegian: Edvard
    • → Swedish: Edvard
    • → Danish: Edvard
      • → Icelandic: Eðvarð
      • → Faroese: Edvard (or possibly directly from English)
  • Yola: Edweard
• → Old Norse: Játvarðr
  • Faroese: Jatvarður
  • Icelandic: Játvarður
  • Old Swedish: Jedvard
• → Old French: Edward
  • Middle French: Edouard
    • French: Édouard, Edouard
      • → German: Eduard
• → Latin: Edwardus, Eduardus (chiefly used outside of England)
  • Italian: Edoardo, Eduardo
  • Spanish: Eduardo
  • Portuguese: Eduardo
• → Irish: Éadbhard

• “King Edward to Ælfstan, bishop; grant of 13 hides (mansae) at Kingston Bagpuize, Berks.”, in The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters‎^[1], University of Cambridge, 2011, S 828: “Eaduuard”