Leofdæg

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Leofdæg is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements lēof ‘dear’ and dæg ‘day’.

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Leuedai, Leueclai

Spellings in Exon: Liueda

Spellings in FBB: Leuedaei

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Lēofdæg

  Phillimore edition: Leofday

  Alecto edition: Leofdæg

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
Essex 30,2 Shelley Leuedai Leofdæg 'of Shelley' Esgar the staller Geoffrey de Mandeville Reynold 'of Shelley' 0.67 3.00 4.00 B
Somerset 36,12 Keyford Leuedai Leofdæg 'of Kennett' - Thurstan fitzRolf Norman 'of Littleton' 0.50 0.25 0.35 B
Somerset 5,55 Keyford Leuedai Leofdæg 'of Kennett' - Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances Nigel de Gournai 1.25 0.50 0.75 B
Wiltshire 37,5 East Kennett Leueclai Leofdæg 'of Kennett' - Waleran the huntsman Richard 'of East Kennett' 1.75 1.00 1.00 B
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