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Goldgifu

Discussion of the name

Goldgifu is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements gold ‘gold’ and gifu ‘gift’.

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Goldgifu 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB; it is not otherwise recorded in documentary sources but does occur in place-names (von Feilitzen 1937: 273).

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: Golleue

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Goldgifu

  Phillimore edition: Golleva

  Alecto edition: Goldgifu

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 Hampshire	Phil. ref. 69,35	Vill Burgate	DB Spelling Golleue	Holder 1066 Goldgifu 'of Burgate'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Picot 'of Burgate'	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Goldgifu 2 - Goldgifu ‘of Burgate’ (Hants), fl. 1066