Etymology

Ælfric

Today it means: the name of several historically significant men in tenth- and eleventh-century England Full definition →

Old English Ælfric
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromÆlfric
  2. English todayÆlfric

Learned borrowing from Old English Ælfric. Doublet of Alberic and Aubrey.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishÆlfric all →

Aldrich

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