Ealdberht
Ealdberht (also Aldbryht, Ealdbriht, Ealdbryht, Eadbryht, Ealbyrht ) is an Anglo-Saxon male given name . The name is composed of the elements Eald- (= "old, experienced") and -berht (= "shiny, noble, splendid"). Significant namesake were:
- Ealdberht (Glastonbury) , Abbot of Glastonbury (fl. 712)
- Ealdberht (Wessex) , Ætheling († 725)
- Ealdberht I , Bishop of Dunwich (716 / 731-731 / 747)
- Ealdberht II , Bishop of Dunwich (747 / 775–775 / 781)
- Ealdberht (Hereford) , Bishop of Hereford (777–781 / 787)
- Ealdberht (Ripon) , Abbot of Ripon († 788)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PASE ( Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England )
- ^ Gerhard Köbler : Old English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 2003, online