Alfred
m.
Old English ælf, Old Saxon, Old Icelandic alf, Old High German alb 'elf' + Old English ræd, Old Saxon rād, Old High German rāt 'counsel, advice'.
The name of a 9th C king of Wessex.
Aver(a)y is a French form.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Ælfred (nom) CDAS DXXIX;
994 Ælfred (nom) ibid. DCLXXXVI;
1189 Alveredus (nom) GASurv p. 88,
Alvred (nom) ibid. p. 142,
Alvredi (gen) ibid. p. 123,
Alvredus (nom) ibid. p. 102,
Elfredi (gen) ibid. p. 130,
Elfridus (nom) ibid. p. 132,
Elvredus (nom) ibid. p. 219;
c1198 Alvredus (nom) ibid. p. 245
- Early Modern English
- ● 1529 Averay PP-HenV p. 9
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1180 Alveredi (gen) RotScaNor p. 28,
Alveredo (abl) ibid. p. 22;
1301 Aluredi (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 257
- Old French
- ● 1313 Auvre Paris1313 p. 101
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Alfred (abl) TradCorb §151,
Alured (abl) ibid. §88
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Alfredus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 20,
Alured (nom) ibid. III, p. 4,
Aluredus (nom) ibid. III, p. 10
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alfred". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Alfred.