Date
Name Earngeat
Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon
Other Forms FormsErngeat, Earngeatus, Erniet, Ernet
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Meaning & History
Derived from the Old English elements earn "eagle" (see arn) and Ġēat "Geat". The latter element refers to large North Germanic tribe who inhabited Götaland "land of the Geats" in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.