- the Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð,
composed of the
elements æðel "noble" and
þryð "strength". The Anglo-Norman form of the name was
applied to
Saint Audrey...
- an Anglo-Saxon name of Old
English origin,
composed of "mild" ("mild") + "
þryð" ("power, strength", also
present in the last
syllable of the name Audrey)...
- Anglo-Saxon name Æðelþryð,
which was
derived from æðel,
meaning noble, and
þryð,
meaning strength.
Usage of the name
Audra increased after the name was used...
- (from the Noah pageant)
might appear in
either of the
following forms: The
thryd tyme
wille I
prufe what
depnes we bere Now long
shalle thou hufe, lay in...
- Þingfriþ þras quarrelling,
bickering Y Thr****ald, Þr****ar þryþ, OH þrúðr, OE
þrȳð, drut, trud, thrud,
thryth force,
strength Y Y Drutmund; Æthelthryth, Osthryth...
- by
Sophus Bugge who
identified the
first element of the name as the noun
þrýð- that
would be
derived from a *þrūði- and
correspond to Old
English þrýðu...
-
latter name is an
emendation by
Klaeber (1953). Mod
appears just
before Þryð on line 1932 of the poem,
where she is introduced, and
scholars are divided...
