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Origin of the name EADGIFU.
Etymology of the
name EADGIFU.
Meaning of the baby name EADGIFU.
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EADGIFU.
Anglo-Saxon name meaning "rich gift," from Old English ead "happiness;
prosperity, riches," and gifu "gift."
It was a
time of contractions. Between English and French, names were oddly
twisted; Alberic into
Aubrey,
Randolf into
Ralph, Ethelthryth into
Awdry,
Eadgifu into Edith,
Mathilda into Maude,
Adelheid into
Alice.
...
Eadswith, Eadgifu, and Eadgyth, all once separate names, together with
Adelgifu and Ælfgifu, seem to have been all mixed up together by the
Normans... (History of Christian
Names, Yonge, 1884)
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