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Alwaru
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Discussion of the name
Alwaru is an Old English feminine name, with the first element Al- representing either ælf ‘elf, sprite’ or æðel ‘noble, famous’ and the second element being waru ‘shelter, protection, care’.The only relevant entries in the PASE corpus are Alware 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB, and seven entries for Ælfwaru (from the tenth century onwards); there are no entries for the name *Æthelwaru, but this does occur in the bounds of a tenth-century Wiltshire charter (S 789).
Bibliography
S: P. H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 8 (London, 1968), revised by S. Kelly, R. Rushforth et al., The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, published online through Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website, currently at http://www.esawyer.org.uk/about/index.htmlForms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: AluuareSpellings in Exon: Aluuatet
Spellings in IE: Aluuare
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Aluuare
Phillimore edition: Alware
Alecto edition: Alware
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire | 44,2 | Toft | Alware | Alwaru 'of Toft' | Wulfric, abbot of Ely | Erchenger the baker | - | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.40 | B | Map |
| Devon | 1,63 | Iddesleigh | Aluuare | Alwaru Tet | Beorhtric son of Ælfgar | William, king | Walter de Claville | 0.25 | 1.00 | 1.00 | B | Map |
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