Note 93 — NOTE I. THE USE OF HEROIC NAMES IN ENGLAND.
Reading edition
Aelfhere and Dior. The latter (in the form Diar) occurs only once (Birch, Cart. Sax. 497) and may be a mistake for Diara (ib. 507). The name Diora need not be of heroic origin; it may be an abbreviation from such names as Diorwald, Diornoth.