Eadmund

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ mund (“protection”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌmund/

Proper noun

Ēadmund m

a male given name

Declension

Declension of Eadmund (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Ēadmund	Ēadmundas
accusative	Ēadmund	Ēadmundas
genitive	Ēadmundes	Ēadmunda
dative	Ēadmunde	Ēadmundum

Descendants

Middle English: Edmund
- English: Edmund
- → Old Swedish: Ø̄dmunder (calque)
- → Irish: Éamonn (obsolete Éadmond)
  - → English: Eamon
→ Anglo-Norman: Edmond
- → English: Edmond
- → French: Edmond

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĒADMUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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