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Wigflæd

Discussion of the name

Wigflæd is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements wīg ‘strife, war, valour’ and flæd ‘beauty’.

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Wigflæd 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB. The name would seem to be extremely rare because it is not otherwise evidenced in surviving sources, but the elements wīg and flæd are common in the formation of other OE personal names.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Wiflet

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Wigflæd

  Phillimore edition: Wiflet

  Alecto edition: Wigflæd

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 1,4	Vill Harescombe	DB Spelling Wiflet	Holder 1066 Wigflæd 'of Seagry'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Roger d'Ivry	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 10.00	1086 Value 10.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 49,1	Vill Seagry	DB Spelling Wiflet	Holder 1066 Wigflæd 'of Seagry'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Drew fitzPons	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 3.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Wigflæd 2 - Wigflæd ‘of Seagry’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066