Hloþwig
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Frankish *Hlūdawīg, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). This is the form of Louis that was present in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, where it was replaced with Middle English Lewis and Lowis.
Proper noun
editHloþwig m
- a male given name
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Electronic Sawyer S 1215 (Æthelflæd to Ælfwold; grant of a swine-pasture at Heronden in Tenterden, Kent, in return for 1450 pence), a man named Hloþwig is mentioned as "Hlo∂ewig" in the old text section and "Hloðewig" in the new text section.