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Eadwig
Boy NameAnglo-Saxon Origin
Meaning
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wig "war". This was the name of a Sa
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Eadwig Ætheling
Eadwig Ætheling (sometimes also known as Eadwy or Edwy) (died 1017) was the fifth of the six sons of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu.
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