Ealhswiþ

Gender Feminine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English element ealh "temple" combined with swiþ "strong". This was the name of the 9th-century wife of Alfred the Great.

Related Names

User SubmissionEalhswith

Categories

Carradine showbiz family, strength, structures

Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 207.
Entry added December 7, 2022