Edgar
m.
Old English ēad 'riches, wealth' + Old English gār 'spear'.
the name of a 10th C king of England, an 11th C (uncrowned) king of England, and an 11th-12th C king of the Scots.
For the Germanic cognate, see Otger.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Eadgar (nom) CDAS DXXIX,
Eadgari (gen) ibid. DXXVIII,
Eadgaro (abl) ibid. DXXIX,
Eadgarus (nom) ibid. DXXVIII;
967 Eadgar (nom) ibid. DXXXII,
Eadgarus (nom) ibid. DXXXII
- Old English
- ● 966 Eádgáres (gen) CDAS DXXX
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1093x1097 Edgaro (abl) ESC XIII;
1094 Eadgari (nom) ibid. XII;
1095 Edgari (gen) ibid. XV,
Edgarus (nom) ibid. XV,
Egari (gen) ibid. XV;
1095x1100 Eadgarus (nom) ibid. XVI;
1097x1107 Edgarus (nom) ibid. XXIII;
c1098 Edgarus (nom) ibid. XVIII;
c1100 Eadgarus (nom) ibid. XIX,
Edgarus (nom) ibid. XXI;
c1105 Ædgari (gen) ibid. XXIV,
Ædgarus (nom) ibid. XXIV;
1107x1117 Eadgarus (nom) ibid. XXXIII;
c1110 Eadgari (gen) ibid. XXVI;
c1117 Eadgarus (nom) ibid. XXIX;
1118 Eadgari (gen) ibid. XXXI;
c1118 Eadgari (gen) ibid. XXXII;
1118 Eadgarus (nom) ibid. XXXI
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Edgar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Edgar.