Oswih
Oswih is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of os (god) and wih (idol), cognate with feminine Norse Ásví.
Variants:
Osuiu [Joseph Stevenson 1838 Venerabilis Bedæ Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, page 110].
Osuio [Joseph Stevenson 1838 Venerabilis Bedæ Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, page 191].
Ôsvih (-vi, -vio, -veo, -viu) [Ludwig Ettmüller 1851 Vorda vealhstôd Engla and Seaxna, page 11].
Oswiu [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 27].
Oswih [George Stephens 1868 The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England 2: 909].
Oswio [George Stephens 1868 The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England 2: 909].
Osweo [George Stephens 1868 The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England 2: 909].
Osuuiu [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 135].
Ōsuīo [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 628].
Osuīu [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 642].
Oswy [Edward Gomme 1909 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, page 22].
Prototheme:
os = god [Jay Treat 1983 Dragon 7 (10): 57].
Deuterotheme:
“weoh or wih, which in literary texts denotes ‘idol’ or image, but in local names probably indicates a place devoted to heathen worship” [Gordon Stokes 1948 English Place-Names, page 51].
Usage:
There was a king of Northumbria called Oswiu [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, page 302]: “and þam ilcan geare ðe Oswald wæs ofslagen. feng Oswiu his broðor to Norðanhymbran rice. and he rixode twa læs xxx geara” [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 27, annal (E) 641]: “And the same year, that Oswald was slain, Oswy his brother succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians and he reigned two less than thirty years” (Edward Gomme 1909 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, page 22, annal 641 [E]).