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Origin of the name HEREWEALD.
Etymology of the
name HEREWEALD.
Meaning of the baby name HEREWEALD.
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HEREWEALD. Anglo-Saxon
name meaning "army power," from Old English here
"an army, host, legion; warrior," and -weald "to wield
power," hence "army power." (A
Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, Bosworth, 1901).
Also see Herewald, and the
transposed form, Wealdhere.
... The king Hereweald,
bishop (of Sherborn), Kyneheard, bishop (of Winchester), Scilling,
Cerdic, Ethelric, Eoppa, and Wigfrith witness a genuine charter of
Æthelbeald of Mercia in 755-7 (Cart. Sax. i, 259, tenth
century), and Hereweald, Scilling, and Cerdic witness a deed of Bishop
Cyneheard in 759 (ib. i, 266), and Kynewulf, Hereweald, Cyneheard,
Scilling, Hemele, Cerdic, Heahfrith, Ethelric, Eoppa, and Wigferd occur
in a Wells charter of 766 (ib. 284)... (Two Cartularies of the
Benedictine Abbeys of Muchelney and Athelney in the County of Somerset,
Bates, 1899)
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