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Ælfheah
Boy NameAnglo-Saxon Origin
Meaning
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and heah "high". This was the name of an 11th-centur
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Ælfheah the Bald
Ælfheah the Bald is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (died 12 March 951), the first English Bishop of Winchester of that name.
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