Elfreda
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    Etymology
    
From Old English Ælfþrȳþ (from ælf (“elf”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)); later partly merged with æþel (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”) ( =Audrey).
Proper noun
    
Elfreda
- A female given name from Old English borne by a medieval English queen; rare today.
- 1914?, Jessie Graham Flower, Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
- “When you are at Wayne Hall do as the Wayne Hallites do,” quoted Miriam, who had followed Elfreda into the room.
 
 
- 1914?, Jessie Graham Flower, Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
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