Eadric

Eadric (also Edric, Adric, Eadrich, Edricus, Edrig or Ædric ) is an Anglo-Saxon male first name. The name is from the elements ead ( = " wealth, happiness, prosperity " ) and ric ( = " ruler, powerful, rich " ) composed. Significant bearers of the name were:

  • Eadric (Kent ), King of Kent ( 685-686 )
  • Eadric ( Wessex ), ealdorman of Wessex (fl. 942-949 )
  • Streona Eadric, ealdorman of Mercia (fl. 1007-1016 )
  • Eadric ( Malmsbury ), Abbot of Malmsbury ( fl 1021x1023 )
  • Eadric Cild (also Eadric silvaticus ), a leader of the Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Normans (fl. 1067-1072 )
  • Edric Bastyan, Governor of South Australia (1961-1968) and Tasmania (1968-1973)
  • Male first name
Eadric of Kent
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