"Eadgar" meaning in Old English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Audagaiʀ, from *aud (“wealth, riches”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Equivalent to ēad + gār. Cognate with Old High German Ōtgēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*Audagaiʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *Audagaiʀ, {{af|gmw-pro|*aud|*gaiʀ|nocat=1|t1=wealth, riches|t2=spear}} *aud (“wealth, riches”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”), {{af|ang|ēad|gār}} ēad + gār, {{cog|goh|Ōtgēr}} Old High German Ōtgēr Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Ēadgār|sort=}} Ēadgār m, {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Ēadgār}} Ēadgār m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|Ēadgār|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|Ēadgār|Ēadgāras|Ēadgār|Ēadgāras|Ēadgāres|Ēadgāra|Ēadgāre|Ēadgārum|num=sg|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: Ēadgār [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ēadgār [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Ēadgār [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Ēadgāres [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Ēadgāre [dative, singular], - [dative, plural]
  1. a male given name
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      "text": "English: Edgar"
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      "text": "Icelandic: Játgeir"
    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ēadgār m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "Ēadgār"
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        "1": "Ēadgār",
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        "3": "Ēadgār",
        "4": "Ēadgāras",
        "5": "Ēadgāres",
        "6": "Ēadgāra",
        "7": "Ēadgāre",
        "8": "Ēadgārum",
        "num": "sg",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "english": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eadgar"
}
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Old Norse: *Éatgeirr, Játgeirr"
    },
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            "2": "Játgeir"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "wealth, riches",
        "t2": "spear"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ēad",
        "3": "gār"
      },
      "expansion": "ēad + gār",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "Ōtgēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Ōtgēr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *Audagaiʀ, from *aud (“wealth, riches”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Equivalent to ēad + gār. Cognate with Old High German Ōtgēr.",
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      "form": "Ēadgār",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "Ēadgār",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "Ēadgār",
        "sort": ""
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      "expansion": "Ēadgār m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "Ēadgār"
      },
      "expansion": "Ēadgār m",
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      "args": {
        "1": "Ēadgār",
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      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ēadgār",
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        "3": "Ēadgār",
        "4": "Ēadgāras",
        "5": "Ēadgāres",
        "6": "Ēadgāra",
        "7": "Ēadgāre",
        "8": "Ēadgārum",
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        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
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        "Old English male given names",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English proper nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "english": "Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesīġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.",
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        }
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        "a male given name"
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        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eadgar"
}

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