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Hrothweard

Hrothweard is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of hroth (fame) and weard (guard).

Variants:

Rodeward [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 162].

Rodewoldus [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 164].

Hroðwardus [John Kemble 1847 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 5: 192].

Ródward [John Kemble 1847 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 5: 253].

Hrothwardus [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 2: 350]

Wroþwardus [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 3: 343)].

Hroðƿardus [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 3: 683].

Hrothweard [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 303].

Hrothward [Eric Barker 1948 Sussex Archæological Collections 87: 144].

Hróþƿeard [Oswin Kinsey 2916 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 87].

Note:

Forms ending with -us are Latinizations.

Prototheme:

hroth = fame [Bill Casselman 2017 Word Stash, page 96].

Deuterotheme:

Weard = guard-warden [Charlotte Yonge 1863 History of Christian Names, 1st edition, 2: 412].

Usage:

Hrothweard was the name of an Archbishop of York [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, pages 168 & 238]. He witnessed a charter issued by King Æthelstan II on 5 April 930: “Ego Hrothwardus Eboracensis archiepiscopus consensi ⁊ subscripsi” [Walter Birch 1883-1893 Cartularium Saxonicum 2: 350 (number 669)]: “I, Hrothward, archbishop of York, have agreed and signed” [Eric Barker 1948 Sussex Archæological Collections 87: 144 (number 26)].