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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Ansuþrūþiz, equivalent to ōs (“god”) + þrȳþ (“strength, power, force”). Cognate with Old Norse Ásþrúðr and Icelandic Ásþrúður.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ōsþrȳþ f
- a female given name
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 72 (Æthelred, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney), Osþryþ is mentioned as "Os∂ri∂e" in the Old Text Section.