Anglo-Saxon names
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Anglo-Saxon names were often made up of two words combined. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from "æþel", for "noble", and "ræd", for "counsel". Many of these names are still used today.
Honorifics were often added after names, rather than before. For example, King Edmund was "Edmund cyning". In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the culture of the Rohirrim is based on that of the Anglo-Saxons, and so Théoden, their king, is referred to as "Théoden King", rather than "King Théoden".
[edit] Modern equivalents of Anglo-Saxon names
- Ælfred = Alfred
- Æþelberht/Æþelbryht = Albert
- Æþelwulf = Adolf (German)
- Eadgar = Edgar
- Eadmund = Edmund
- Eadweard = Edward
- Eadwin = Edwin
[edit] See also
- List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames
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