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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Friþurīk, equivalent to friþ (“peace”) + rīc (“king, ruler”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Freoþorīc m
- a male given name
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 92 ((Gumley, Leics.). Æthelbald, king of Mercia, in favour of the minsters and churches (of Mercia); grant of privileges), Freoþoric is mentioned in the old text section as "Friothuric".
- Electronic Sawyer S 1439 (Account of the settlement of a dispute concerning estates belonging to Oswulf, dux, bequeathed by him in reversion to the Church and now held by the Kentish monasteries of Christ Church, Folkestone, Dover and Lyminge. They are claimed by a certain Æthelwulf, but the rights of the churches are upheld), Freoþoric is mentioned as "Freothoric" in the text section and the old text section.