Eadwig
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwiːj/
Proper noun
Ēadwīġ m
- a male given name
- Eadwig; King of Anglo-Saxon England.
- Eadwig Basan; an eleventh-century English Monk.
References
- 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.