Hueta

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

The name standardized here as Hueta is of uncertain derivation. Redin (1919: 41, 50) and von Feilitzen (1937: 294) considered an Old English masculine name *Hwæta or *Hwata derived from OE hwæt ‘sharp’ to be the most likely, although Redin also noted the feminine name Hwatu; another possibility could be a name based on the Old Cornish hueth ‘peaceful, happy’ (cf. Padel 1985: 135), although no such name is on record. In either case, however, it is likely that the Exon form is to be preferred and that, as von Feilitzen observed, the DB scribe’s ‹ch› is an error for the ‹t› of Exon; for this reason ‘Hueta’ rather than ‘Hueche’ is adopted as the head-form here.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala, 1937)

Padel 1985: O. J. Padel, Cornish Place-Name Elements, English Place-Name Society 56/57 (Nottingham, 1985)

Redin 1919: M. Redin, Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English (Uppsala, 1919)

Forms of the name

Spelling in Domesday Book: Hueche

Spelling in Exon Domesday: Hueta

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head form: Hueche

Phillimore edition: Hwata

Alecto edition: Hueche

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
Cornwall 5,24,15 Boduel Hueche Hueta 'of Boduel' - Robert, count of Mortain Hueche 0.06 1.00 0.40 A 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
Cornwall 5,24,15 Boduel Hueta Hueta 'of Boduel' - Robert, count of Mortain Hueche 0.06 1.00 0.40 A Map
Totals