Ælfric

See also: Aelfric

English

Alternative forms
  • Aelfric

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Ælfric. Doublet of Alberic and Aubrey.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈælfɹiːk/

Proper noun

Ælfric

  1. the name of several historically significant men in tenth- and eleventh-century England

References
  1. Patrick Hanks et al. (2006) A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford Paperback Reference), second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, s.v. Aubrey ♂, ♀ (no pagination)

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

ælf (“elf”) +‎ rīc (“a powerful person, ruler”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈælf.riːk/, [ˈæɫv.riːk]

Proper noun

Ælfrīc m

  1. a male given name
    1. Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), Benedictine abbot, student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homily, Biblical commentary, and other genres[2]
    2. Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), Archbishop of Canterbury 995–1005
    3. Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005), disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham and monk

Declension
Declension of Ælfric (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative Ælfrīc —
accusative Ælfrīc —
genitive Ælfrīces —
dative Ælfrīce —

Descendants
  • → English: Ælfric (learned)
  • → Latin: Alfrīcus, Ælfrīcus, Elphrīcus
  • Middle English: Averi, Averie, Elfric

References
  1. Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.vv. “Ælfríc” (pages 14–15) and “ríca” (page 794/1)
  2. “Ælfric”, in Oxford Reference, 2023 November 28 (last accessed)

Further reading
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