Given name
Wealdfriþ
“might, authority”·“peace”
Wealdfriþ is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wealdfriþ is built from elements meaning “might, authority” and “peace”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Waldfriþu, built from Proto-West Germanic *wald (“might, authority”) + *friþu (“peace”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wealdfriþ’s family of names
In Old English usage, Wealdfriþ shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Waltfrid.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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