Wigstan
Wigstan is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of wig (war) and stan (stone), cognate with Norse and Icelandic Vígsteinn.
Variants:
Wigstan [John Kemble 1846 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 4: 76].
Wistan [Sabine Baring-Gould 1874 The Lives of the Saints, page 5].
Wīgstān [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 589].
Wigstān [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 631].
Wīgstan [Kenneth Cameron 1959 English Place-Name Society 29: 712].
Ƿistan [Susan Kelly 1995 Anglo-Saxon Charters 4: 108].
Ƿíġstán [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 109].
Prototheme:
wig = war [Edward Freeman 1869 Old English History for Children, 1st edition, page xv].
Deuterotheme:
Stan = Sᴛᴏɴᴇ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 167].
Usage:
Wigstan was the name of an abbot of St Augustine’s, Canterbury [Susan Kelly 1995 Anglo-Saxon Charters 4: 212]. He witnessed a charter issued by King Eadræd in 946: “Ƿistan abbas sancti Augustini” [Susan Kelly 1995 Anglo-Saxon Charters 4: 108 (number 28)].
