Ecgfrith
Ecgfrith is an Anglo-Saxon feminine name composed ecg (edge) and frith (beautiful).
Variants:
Egfrid [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Yorkshire): 31].
Ecferð [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 56].
Egfride [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 94].
Ecgfrida [Thomas Arnold 1882 Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia 1: 215].
Ecgfrith [Ann Williams & Geoffrey Martin 2002 Domesday Book 2: 793].
Ecgfriþ [Elisabeth Okasha 2011 Women’s Names in Old English, page 36].
Note:
Ecgfrida is a Latinized form.
Prototheme:
Ecg = Eᴅɢᴇ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 103].
Deuterotheme:
frīð = beautiful, stately [Olof von Feilitzen 1937 The Pre-conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, page 245].
Usage:
A daughter of Ealdhun, Bishop of Durham, called Ecgfrida, married Uhtræd, Earl of Northumbria [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, pages 370-371]: “Cujus filio, scilicet Ucthredo, magnæ strenuitatis juveni et militiæ aptissimo, filiam suam, nomine Ecgfridam, Aldunus episcopus dederat uxorem” [Thomas Arnold 1882 Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia 1: 215].