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Eg⋅bert

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1. a.d. 775?–839, king of the West Saxons 802–839; 1st king of the English 828–839.
2. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “bright sword.”
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Eg·bert   (ěg'bərt)   
West Saxon king (802-839) who became the first overlord of all the English peoples (829).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Egbert 
masc. proper name, from O.E. Ecg-beorht, lit. "sword-bright."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Egbert

king of the West Saxons from 802 to 839, who formed around Wessex a kingdom so powerful that it eventually achieved the political unification of England (mid-10th century).

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