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Origin of the name ÆLFHERE.
Etymology of the
name ÆLFHERE.
Meaning of the baby name ÆLFHERE.
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ÆLFHERE. Anglo-Saxon
name composed of the Old English elements ælf "an elf,
a genius," and
here
"an army, host, legion," hence "an army elf." (A
Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, Bosworth, 1901).
Also see Elfhere.
... Ælfhere, the powerful
ealdorman of Mercia, expelled the monks from the monasteries in his
territory, which he again threw open to the secular clergy... (A
History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, Lappenberg-Thorpe,
v.2, 1884)
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