Bealdic
Bealdic is a diminutive of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name conataining beald (bold).
Variants:
Balddic [Rogers Ruding 1817 Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its Dependencies, 1st edition, 1: 266].
Baldic [Rogers Ruding 1817 Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its Dependencies, 1st edition, 1: 266].
Bealdic [Veronica Smart 1981 Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 28: 17].
Stem:
beald = bold [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 493].
Suffix:
‘Amongst the Goths, as among all other peoples, diminutives or “pet names” were formed from ordinary pet names by shortening them and adding an affix. This affix was usually -ila but sometimes -ika’ [Henry Bradley 1888 The Goths, page 370].
Explanation:
“possibly a short form in -ic of OE names in Beald-” [Olof von Feilitzen & Christopher Blunt 1971 England Before the Conquest, page 188].
Usage:
Baldic was the mark of a moneyer at Bedford under King Eadweard II (the Martyr): “✠BɅLDIC MONETɅ· BEDɅ·” [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 192 (number 3)].