Ælfgar

Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2][3]

Meaning & History

Old English form of Algar.

Related Names

Rootsælf + gar

Categories

elven folk, elves, isograms, saints, weapons

Sources & References

  1. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 961, available from https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/angsax.asp.
  2. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  3. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 7.
Entry updated February 4, 2020