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Origin of the name WIGMUND.
Etymology of the
name WIGMUND.
Meaning of the baby name WIGMUND.
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WIGMUND. Anglo-Saxon
name meaning "war protection," from Old English wig "strife, war," and
mund "hand; protection." (The Romance of Names,
Weekley, 1914; A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, Bosworth, 1901)
"Four persons, not
related, and of different countries, met by chance in a forest, and
swore to be brethren in arms. Their names were Athelstan,
Ethelward, Wigmund, and Alric. The first, who was of royal
blood, afterwards became king: as soon as he was seated on the
throne, he sent for his brothers in arms, and made Wigmund, earl
of Dover; on Ethelward he conferred the earldom of Stane, with the hand
of his sister Edyre; while to Alric, the archbishopric of Canterbury,
then falling vacant, was given: soon after, Wigmund accused
Athelward and his wife of plotting against the life of Athelstan, but
they cleared themselves by the fiery ordeal, and Edyre gave birth to a
son, whom they called Edemund." (Church of England Quarterly, vol.41, 1857)
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