Egbert

[ eg-bert ]

/ ˈɛg bərt /

a.d. 775?–839, king of the West Saxons 802–839; 1st king of the English 828–839.

a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “bright sword.”

Example sentences from the Web for egbert

Hale-Rowe pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and testified against Langsner and Egbert.

Lawrence Egbert: Suicide Doctor's Lucky Break |Terry Greene Sterling |April 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
“It was on the steps in the Italian Garden that the body was found,” commented Egbert, and resumed reading.

Beasts and Super-Beasts |Saki
So it was King Egbert talked at Brissago after they had proclaimed the unity of the world.

The World Set Free |Herbert George Wells
Egbert and Athelstane were strapping young fellows of six feet, and thirteen-year-old Hereward was taller already than Ingred.

A Popular Schoolgirl |Angela Brazil

He tells the Emperor of certain 'exquisite books' which he had studied under Egbert at York.

The Great Book-Collectors |Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton
Of what Colonel Egbert Crawford thought when the sound smote his ears, is much more certain.

Shoulder-Straps |Henry Morford

Egbert

/ (ˈɛɡbɜːt) /

?775–839 ad, king of Wessex (802–839); first overlord of all England (829–830)