Eadmund

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ mund (“protection”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌmund/

Proper noun

Ēadmund m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Eadmund (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Ēadmund	Ēadmundas
accusative	Ēadmund	Ēadmundas
genitive	Ēadmundes	Ēadmunda
dative	Ēadmunde	Ēadmundum

Descendants

• Middle English: Edmund
  • English: Edmund
  • → Old Swedish: Ø̄dmunder (calque)
  • → Irish: Éamonn (obsolete Éadmond)
    • → English: Eamon
• → Anglo-Norman: Edmond
  • → English: Edmond
  • → French: Edmond

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĒADMUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.