Save Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon Pronounced Pron. AAHD-wahch-ehr(Old English) [key·IPA] Other Forms Forms*Ēadwaccor, *Ēadwacor Meaning & History Anglo-Saxon cognate of Odoacer, derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wacor, waccor "watchful, vigilant". This is the name of a character in the 9th-century Old English poem Wulf and Eadwacer.