Eadwig
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ēadwīġ m
- a male given name
- Eadwig; King of Anglo-Saxon England.
- Eadwig Basan; an eleventh-century English Monk.
References[edit]
- Electronic Sawyer S 594 (King Eadwig to Ælfwine, his familiar; grant of 15 hides (mansae) at Milton, Berks.), Eadwig is mentioned as "Eadwig" in the text section and the old text section.