#eadgyth

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Modern! Aethelstan, Ingilmundr, Osbert, Eadgyth and Aelfweard

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Athelstan--Our Greatest Monarch?

Athelstan–Our Greatest Monarch?

A recent poll searching for Britain’s ‘Greatest Monarch’, came up with the surprise winner of… drum roll, King Athelstan. Not that the Anglo-Saxon king wasn’t so great, but the winner is a little surprising since most people seem to have believed the ‘crown’ would go to Elizabeth I. (Yawn!) I hope the voters actually remembered Athelstan in reality and have not just recalled his name from…

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Daughters of the Isles ↳ Eadgyth, Queen of Germany & Duchess of Saxony — daughter of Edward the Elder and his wife, Ælfflæd.

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I felt so robbed bc they didn't show us Aethelstan's twin and suddenly pinterest just casually drop this

EADGYTH WARRIOR NUN ANYONE??

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Usually when I find fancast I look up for similarities between an actor and a character. But this time I decided to compare Harry and Sophie. I don't find them look alike but their photosets have similar vibes somehow

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Aethelstan and Eadgyth are like two drops of water. And sometimes when Aethelstan's ill or needs to handle some problems his sister replaces him in the cafe, hiding her hair under the cap and wearing loose clothing. No one notices. Except Ingilmundr, who stares shamelessly at the barmen every lunch. He doesn't like this turn of events.

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Eadgyth

Eadgyth is an Anglo-Saxon feminine name composed of ead (wealth) and gyth (battle), cognate with Norse Auðguðr and Faroese Eyðgunn.

Variants:

Editha [Sharon Turner 1807 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edition, 1: 357].

Eddid [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 1: 408].

Eddida [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 1: 408].

Eddiet [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 1: 408].

Ediet [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 1: 409].

Edded [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 78].

Eddeda [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 78].

Eddied [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 82].

Edged [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 83].

Edgida [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 83].

Edid [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 83].

Edied [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 83].

Edith [Heinrich Meidinger 1833 Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gotisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1st edition, page 505].

Edgyth [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 3].

Æditha [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 17].

Ædith [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 49].

Eadgith [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 54].

Eádgiđ [Ludwig Ettmüller 1851 Vorda vealhstôd Engla and Seaxna, page 58].

Edgyð [Walter Birch 1892 Liber Vitae, page 57].

Eadgyth [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 181].

Eádgyth [Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 1: 128].

Eadgyð [Henry Harrison 1907-1918 Surnames of the United Kingdom 2: 305].

Ēadgӯð [Sir Allen Mawer 1920 The Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham, page 246].

Ēadgȳð [Olof von Feilitzen 1937 The Pre-conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, page 231].

Eadita [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 42].

Eidita [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 42].

Edit [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 42].

Æditl [John Insley, David Rollason, & Peter McClure 2007 The Durham Liber Vitae 2: 106].

Eadgyþ [Elisabeth Okasha 2011 Women’s Names in Old English, page 32].

Éadġýþ [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 115].

Adith [Keith Briggs 2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 21].

Ēadgyð [Keith Briggs 2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 108].

Note:

Forms ending with -a are Latinizations.

Prototheme:

wealth = Ead- [Henry Bradley 1888 The Goths, page 369].

Deuterotheme:

gyth = battle, strife [Elizabeth Withycombe 1945 The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1st edition, page 5].

Usage:

Eadgyth, daughter of Earl Godwine, married King Eadweard III (the Confessor) [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, page 351]: “And on þam ylcan gere Eadward cing nam Eadgyþe. Godwines eorles dohtor. him to wife x nihtum ær Candelmæssan” [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 168, annal (C) 1044]: “And in the same year king Edward took Edith, earl Godwin’s daughter, to him as wife ten nights before Candlemas (June 23rd)” (Edward Gomme 1909 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, page 139, annal 1044 [C]).

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Ecgwynn and Alerie left their children too early, and now they're depressed adults. Aethelstan, Eadgyth, Alicent and Gwayne.