Cenweard
Cenweard is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of cen (keen) and weard (guard).
Variants:
Cheneuuard [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 66].
Chenuard [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 67; John Morris 1976 Domesday Book 23 (Warwickshire): chapter 33, paragraph 1; William Reader 1835 Domesday Book for the county of Warwick, pages 80-81].
Keneuuard [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 153].
Keneuuardus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 153].
Kenuuardus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 153].
Cenweard [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 140].
Cenw(e)ard [Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 1: 247].
Cœnw(e)ard [Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 1: 247].
Kenweard [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 84].
Keneweard [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 84].
Cēnweard [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 189].
Kenward [John Morris 1976 Domesday Book 23 (Warwickshire): chapter 33, paragraph 1].
Note:
Forms ending with -us are Latinizations.
Prototheme:
Cᴇɴ = Kᴇᴇɴ, fierce, bold, warlike [Joseph Bosworth 1838 A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1st edition, page 75].
Deuterotheme:
Weard = guard-warden [Charlotte Yonge 1863 History of Christian Names, 1st edition, 2: 412].
Usage:
A man called Chenuard held land in Warwickshire during the reign of King Eadweard III (the Confessor): “Chenuard ⁊ Brictric liᵬe tenuer̃” [John Morris 1976 Domesday Book 23 (Warwickshire): chapter 33, paragraph 1]: “Chenuard and Brictric held it freely” [William Reader 1835 Domesday Book for the county of Warwick, page 81].
