Eormenræd

• Ermenrēd, Irminrēd (Kentish, 7th C. CE)

From Proto-West Germanic *Ermunarād, from *Ermun (“deity Irmin”) +‎ *rād (“advice, counsel”). Equivalent to *Eormen +‎ rǣd. Cognate with Old High German Irminrāt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe͜or.menˌræːd/, [ˈe͜orˠ.menˌræːd]

Eormenrǣd m

1. a male given name
2. Eormenred of Kent; probably an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent, brother of Eorcenberht of Kent.
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCXL Hēr Edbald Cantwara cyning forþferde, ⁊ hē ricsode XXV wintr̃. He hæfde tweġene sunu, Ermenred ⁊ Ercenberht.

     Year 640In this year King Edbald of Kent, after ruling for 25 years, died. He had two sons, Eormenræd and Eorcenberht.

• Electronic Sawyer S 8 (Hlothhere, king of Kent, to Abbot Beorhtwald and his minster; grant of land at Westanae on the Isle of Thanet, and in Sturry, Kent), Eormenræd is mentioned as "Irminredi" in the text section and "Eormenred" in the translation section.