Definition of "Cedric"

In a hall, the height of which was greatly disproportioned to its extreme length and width, a long oaken table, formed of planks rough-hewn from the forest, and which had scarcely received any polish, stood ready prepared for the evening meal of Cedric the Saxon.

1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 3

"It's Cedric Errol, Lord Fauntleroy," answered Cedric. "That's what Mr. Havisham called me. - - -

1886, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter 2