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“happiness, prosperity” + “present, gift”
[ˈæ͜ɑːdˌji.vu] · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Eadgifu is a feminine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““happiness, prosperity” + “present, gift””.
Meaning: “happiness, prosperity” + “present, gift”
From ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and ġifu (“present, gift”).
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EADGIFU— “rich gift”
Eadswith, Eadgifu, and Eadgyth, all once separate names, together with Adelgifu and Ælfgifu, seem to have been all mixed up together by the Normans. Eadgyth was undoubtedly the name of Earl Godwin’s daughter, of whom Ingulf said, ‘_Sicut spina rosam, genuit Godwinus Egitham_;’ but in the roll of her lands in Domesday, she is Eddeva, Eddid, and Edeva, and for some little time Edeva seems to have been used among the Normans, though the queen of Henry I. was not allowed to…
Eadswith, Eadgifu, and Eadgyth, all once separate names, together with Adelgifu and Ælfgifu, seem to have been all mixed up together by the Normans. Eadgyth was undoubtedly the name of Earl Godwin’s daughter, of whom Ingulf said, ‘_Sicut spina rosam, genuit Godwinus Egitham_;’ but in the roll of her lands in Domesday, she is Eddeva, Eddid, and Edeva, and for some little time Edeva seems to have been used among the Normans, though the queen of Henry I. was not allowed to retain anything so Saxon. Aline and Edith were used in a few families, but Edith survived the others.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section XI (Uta, Ortwin) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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