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Old English names please....

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:29

I don't mean William or Mary,
I'd like to hear some old English names,like Ethelbert or Elfleda...

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BoreOfWhabylon · 03/12/2012 12:45

Frig? Xmas Grin

'Tis Old English name of Anglo-Saxon goddess and where the word Friday (Frigedaeg) comes from.

StellaNova · 03/12/2012 12:42

Or what about some knights/ ladies of the round table - Bors, Bedevere, Guinevere, Linnet, Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, Gaheris, Galahad....

StellaNova · 03/12/2012 12:40

Aethelstan
Alfege
Matilda
Edith
Aetheric

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:37

Ooooh lovely!
Thanks

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nellyjelly · 03/12/2012 12:36

Alfred.
Egbert.
Alfreda
Cuthbert
Oswald
Oswin
Mildred
Stanford

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FriggFRIGG · 03/12/2012 12:31

Hmm,I like Aldith...

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