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Æthelmær Of Elmham
Æthelmær is an Old English name borne by many males in Anglo-Saxon and post-Conquest England, including: *Æthelmær the Stout (died 1015), ealdorman, son of Æthelweard the historian *Æthelmær, brother of Eadric Streona (died 1017) *Eilmer of Malmesbury, or Æthelmær (fl. 1066), monk who experimented with aviation *Æthelmær of Elmham (fl. 1047-1070), bishop of Elmham and brother of Stigand *Herlewin, or Æthelmær, (died 1137), theologian {{given name, cat=Masculine given names Old English masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelmær The Stout
Æthelmær the Stout or Æthelmær the Fat (died 1015) a leading thegn from the 980s, ''discðegn'' (dish-bearer or seneschal) to King Æthelred the Unready, and briefly ealdorman of the Western Provinces in 1013. He was the founder of Cerne Abbey and Eynsham Abbey, and a patron of the leading scholar, Ælfric of Eynsham. He was the son of Æthelweard (historian), Æthelweard the historian, and descended from King Æthelred of Wessex, Æthelred I. Career Together with his father, he was a patron of the homilist Ælfric of Eynsham. In 987 Æthelmær founded or re-founded Cerne Abbey in Dorset, and in 1005 founded Eynsham Abbey in Oxfordshire, where he made Ælfric its first abbot, along with Bruton Abbey, Priory of Bruton in Somerset. Ælfric dedicated his ''Lives of the Saints'' to Æthelmær. In a charter of 993 in which King Æthelred II laments his past misrule, which had resulted “partly on account of the ignorance of my youth, and partly on account of the abhorrent greed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eadric Streona
Eadric Streona (died 1017) was Ealdorman of Mercia from 1007 until he was killed by King Cnut. Eadric was given the epithet "Streona" (translated as "The Acquisitive”) in '' Hemming's Cartulary'' because he appropriated church land and funds for himself. Eadric became infamous in the Middle Ages because of his traitorous actions during the Danish re-conquest of England. Eadric was one of at least eight children and had relatively humble beginnings: his father Ethelric attended the court of King Æthelred the Unready, but was of no great significance and is not known to have had any titles. Even before becoming an ealdorman, Eadric seems to have acted as Æthelred's enforcer; in 1006 he instigated the killing of the Ealdorman of York, Elfhelm. Eadric was married to Æthelred's daughter Eadgyth by 1009, thus becoming his son-in-law. Eadric was appointed Ealdorman of Mercia in 1007. As an ealdorman, Eadric played an important role in the affairs of the kingdom. In 1009 he nego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilmer Of Malmesbury
Eilmer of Malmesbury (also known as Oliver due to a scribe's miscopying, or Elmer, or Æthelmær) was an 11th-century English Benedictine monk best known for his early attempt at a gliding flight using wings. Life Eilmer was a monk of Malmesbury Abbey who wrote on astrology. All that is known of him is from the ''Gesta regum Anglorum'' (Deeds of the English Kings), written by the eminent medieval historian William of Malmesbury in about 1125. Being a fellow monk of the same abbey, William almost certainly obtained his account directly from people who knew Eilmer when he was an old man. Later scholars, such as the American historian of technology Lynn White, have attempted to estimate Eilmer's date of birth based on a quotation in William's ''Deeds'' about Halley's Comet, which appeared in 1066. However, William recorded Eilmer's quotation not to establish his age, but to show that a prophecy was fulfilled when the Normans invaded England. If Eilmer had seen Halley's Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelmær Of Elmham
Æthelmær is an Old English name borne by many males in Anglo-Saxon and post-Conquest England, including: *Æthelmær the Stout (died 1015), ealdorman, son of Æthelweard the historian *Æthelmær, brother of Eadric Streona (died 1017) *Eilmer of Malmesbury, or Æthelmær (fl. 1066), monk who experimented with aviation *Æthelmær of Elmham (fl. 1047-1070), bishop of Elmham and brother of Stigand *Herlewin, or Æthelmær, (died 1137), theologian {{given name, cat=Masculine given names Old English masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herlewin
Ethelmaer, Elmer, or Aelmer (died 1137), also called Herlewin, was an English ascetic writer. Ethelmaer was made prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, in 1128, and is said to have been a man of great piety and simplicity. His simplicity led him to take the part of Archbishop William of Corbeuil in a dispute he had with the convent in 1136 about the church of St. Martin at Dover.Gervase, i. 98 He died 11 May 1137. The name Elmer is evidently a corruption of the old English name Æthelmær. Leland saw two works by him, a book of homilies and a treatise, ‘De exercitiis spiritualis vitæ.’ The report on the Cottonian Library has under Otho A. xii. ‘Ælmeri monachi ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis epistolæ, in quibus tractat de munditia cordis, . . . et querimonia de absentia metus Dei. Liber asceticus et vere pius;’ 100 f. This manuscript was almost entirely destroyed by the fire of 10 July 1865; the few charred fragments that remain form the seventh portion of a volume, mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English Masculine Given Names
Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States People *Old (surname) Music *OLD (band), a grindcore/industrial metal group * ''Old'' (Danny Brown album), a 2013 album by Danny Brown * ''Old'' (Starflyer 59 album), a 2003 album by Starflyer 59 * "Old" (song), a 1995 song by Machine Head *"Old", a 1982 song by Dexys Midnight Runners from ''Too-Rye-Ay'' Other uses * ''Old'' (film), a 2021 American thriller film *''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' *Online dating *Over-Locknut Distance (or Dimension), a measurement of a bicycle wheel and frame See also *Old age *List of people known as the Old *''Old LP'', a 2019 album by That Dog * * *Olde, a list of people with the surname *Olds (other) Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
