Ælfgar Explained

Ælfgar is an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name, from ælf "elf" and gar "spear", that may refer to:

• Ælfgar of Lichfield (died c. 947), bishop of Lichfield
• Ælfgar of Elmham (died 1021), bishop of Elmham
• Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia (1030–1062), earl of Mercia
• Ælfgar of Selwood, saint venerated in later medieval Somerset

See also

• Algar
• Alger (name)
• Elgar (disambiguation)
• Ælfgifu
• Wulfgar