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Leohtgifu
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Discussion of the name
Leohtgifu is an otherwise unrecorded Old English feminine name comprising the elements lēoht ‘light’ and gifu ‘gift’. The rare first element occurs in other Germanic names and in that of another TRE landholder nearby (Leohtwine 2), which aids the interpretation of the DB and IE forms here as Leohtgifu; the representation of /χ/ as ‘s’ could be linguistic or orthographic (von Feilitzen 1937: 121-2, 319; Campbell 1968: 129-30, 186-7; cf. Förstemann 1900: 1051, 1056-7; Morlet 1968: 158).Bibliography
Campbell 1968: A. Campbell, Old English Grammar (Oxford, 1959; revsd edn 1968)Förstemann 1900: E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Erster Band: Personennamen (Bonn, 1900)
Morlet 1968: M-T. Morlet, Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire de l’Ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe Siècle (Paris, 1968),
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: ListeuaSpellings in IE: Leosfueue
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Lēohtgifu
Phillimore edition: Licteva
Alecto edition: Leohtgifu
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 | 21,25 | Ashbocking | Listeua | Leohtgifu 'of Ash' | Wulfric, abbot of Ely | Simeon, abbot of Ely | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | B | Map |
| Suffolk | 52,7 | Otley | Listeua | Leohtgifu 'of Ash' | - | Humphrey the chamberlain | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | C | Map |
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