Eadric
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“happiness, prosperity”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Cognate of Old High German Ōtrih and Old Norse Auðríkr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌriːk/
Proper noun
Ēadrīc m
- a male given name
- Eadric the Wild, an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon Thegn.
Descendants
- English: Edrick, Edric
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 1506 (Agreement between Æthelweard and Archbishop Oda and the Christ Church community over land at Ickham, Kent), a man named Eadric is mentioned as "Eadric".