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Eádgár

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]
Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975
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  • Hér, A.D. 955,Eádgár féng to Myrcena ríce

    here Edgar succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia,

    • Chr. 955
      • ;
    • Erl. 119,
      • 32.

  • Hér, A.D. 959, forþférde Eádwíg cing, and Eádgár his bróðor féng to ríce, ǽgðer ge on West-Seaxum, ge on Myrcum, ge on Norþhymbrum

    here king Eadwig died, and Edgar his brother succeeded to the kingdom, as well of the West-Saxons as of the Mercians, and of the Northumbrians,

    • Chr. 959
      • ;
    • Th. 216, 10-15, col. 2
      • .

  • Hér, A.D. 975, Eádgár cing forþférde

    here king Edgar died,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 19, col. 3
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Eádgár.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8288.

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