Ecg-bryht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ecg-bryht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; Related words: Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex :-- Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce

Definitions

1 Ecg-bryht

m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 25, col. 1. ecg-bryht

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚳᚷ-ᛒᚱᚣᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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