Ælfthryth

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

Meaning & History

Variant of Ælfþryð (see Elfreda).

Related Names

VariantÆlfþryð
Other Languages & CulturesElfreda, Elfrida, Elfrieda, Freida, Frieda(English) Elfriede, Frieda, Friede(German)
Same SpellingÆlfþryð

Categories

British queens, elven folk, elves, queens of England, saints, strength, variants

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 23.
Entry updated February 4, 2020