Eadhild

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Eadhild is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements ēad ‘prosperity, happiness’ and hild ‘war, combat’; the Devon forms (Eddille, Etdilla) show assimilation of ld to ll (von Feilitzen 1937: 99, 232; Ekwall 1947: 27).

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Eadhild 1, the daughter of King Edward 2 the Elder in the early tenth century, and Eadhild 2, a catch-all for occurrences in DB.  Although apparently rare, the name does occur occasionally in place-names, e.g. Ilton, Devon (Gover et al. 1931-2: i 308).

Bibliography

Ekwall 1947: E. Ekwall, Early London Personal Names (Lund, 1947)

Gover et al. 1931-2: J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Devon, 2 vols (Cambridge, 1931-2)

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Eddille, Edilt

Spellings in Exon: Etdilla

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ēadhild

  Phillimore edition: Edhild

  Alecto edition: Eadhild

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Suffolk 3,91 Wantisden Edilt Eadhild 'of Wantisden' - Alan, count - 0.07 0.07 0.07 B Map
Suffolk 7,137 Wantisden Edilt Eadhild 'of Wantisden' Northmann the sheriff Roger Bigod Northmann the sheriff 0.02 0.03 0.03 B Map
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Subtenant in 1086

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Devon 3,95 Ruston Eddille Abbud 'of Ruston' - Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances Eadhild 'of Ruston' 0.06 0.25 0.25 B Map
Totals