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Cwenthryth

Discussion of the name

Cwenthryth is a feminine OE name formed from the elements cwēn (‘woman, wife, princess, queen’) and ðryð (‘strength, glory’). The only bearer of the name recorded outside DB is the Mercian princess, daughter of King Cenwulf (Cenwulf 3), who became a famous abbess in Kent in the earlier ninth century (Cwenthryth 1).

Bibliography

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: Quendrud

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Cwēnðryð

  Phillimore edition: Cwenthryth

  Alecto edition: Cwenthryth

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
Shire Lincolnshire	Phil. ref. 67,27	Vill Canwick	DB Spelling Quendrud	Holder 1066 Cwenthryth the nun	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Colgrim 'of Ewerby'	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.40	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Cwenthryth 3 - Cwenthryth the nun, fl. 1066