Vortigern

English

Alternative forms

Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern, Vortigen

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

Proper noun

Vortigern

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.
- 1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 33:
  Among the nobles of Britain was a prince called Vortigern.

Translations

name

Welsh: Gwrtheyrn m

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