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“white, fair, blessed” + “brook, stream”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Gwenfrewi is a feminine given name documented in Welsh. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““white, fair, blessed” + “brook, stream””.
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Meaning: “white, fair, blessed” + “brook, stream”
A saint's name, from gwen (“white, fair, blessed”) + ffrwd (“brook, stream”).
聖名，源自 gwen (“白色的；淺色的；受賜福的”) + ffrwd (“溪流”)。
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GWENFREWI— “white stream”
Observing that the French call Gwenhwyfar, Génièvre, we can hardly doubt that either this, or Gwenfrewi, holy calm or fair peace, must have been the origin of their own Généviève, though the German etymologists try to construe her as _gan_, magic, _vaips_, a crown. But Généviève was a Gaul, born at Nanterre in 422, and could hardly have borne anything but either a Keltic or a Roman name; and the whole family of Gwens were, as has been shown, dear to the Cymric race, whose…
Observing that the French call Gwenhwyfar, Génièvre, we can hardly doubt that either this, or Gwenfrewi, holy calm or fair peace, must have been the origin of their own Généviève, though the German etymologists try to construe her as _gan_, magic, _vaips_, a crown. But Généviève was a Gaul, born at Nanterre in 422, and could hardly have borne anything but either a Keltic or a Roman name; and the whole family of Gwens were, as has been shown, dear to the Cymric race, whose religion was the same in Gaul and Britain. A shepherd-maid, like Joan of Arc, Généviève anticipated her deeds of patriotism, though she wore no armour and carried no sword. When Paris was besieged by the Franks, she, unarmed, and strong only in her pious confidence, walked forth as the escort of the citizens in search of provisions, and when the city was taken, her heroic holiness so impressed the heathen Franks, Hlodwig and Hilderik, that her entreaties in behalf of their prisoners were always granted.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part V, Chapter IV (Names Of Cymric Romance), Section III (Gwenever) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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