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Cynegifu

Discussion of the name

Cynegifu is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements cynn ‘rank, family, kin’ and gifu ‘gift’.

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

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Cheneue

Spellings in Exon: Cheneua

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Cynegifu

  Phillimore edition: Cynwy

  Alecto edition: Cynegifu

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 19,77	Vill Thorne	DB Spelling Cheneue	Holder 1066 Cynegifu 'of Thorne'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Drew 'of Montacute'	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Cynegifu 2 - Cynegifu ‘of Thorne’ (Som.), fl. 1066