Ethelbert

Ethelbert [eth-uh l-burt] Examples noun

1. a.d. 552?–616, king of Kent 560–616.
2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “bright.”

Examples from the Web for ethelbert Historical Examples of ethelbert

Ethelbert may have given the endowment of Tillingham in Essex.

Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul

Arthur Dimock

“That’s my uncle Ethelbert’s dachshund,” he remarked, at the beginning of the lecture.

Penrod

Booth Tarkington

Also king Ethelbert builded the church of saint Andrews in Rochester.

Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete

Raphaell Holinshed

Both of these are assigned to the same decade as that of King Ethelbert.

Bell’s Cathedrals: The Church of St. Martin Canterbury

C. F. Routledge

At the first Christmas festival Ethelbert and 10,000 of his subjects were baptised.

The Rise of the Mediaeval Church

Alexander Clarence Flick

British Dictionary definitions for ethelbert Ethelbert thelbert (ˈæθəlˌbɜːt) noun

1. Saint. ?552–616 ad, king of Kent (560–616): converted to Christianity by St Augustine; issued the earliest known code of English laws. Feast day: Feb 24 or 25

Word Origin and History for ethelbert Ethelbert

Anglo-Saxon masc. proper name, Old English Æðelbryht, literally “nobility-bright;” see atheling + bright (adj.).