Hloþwig

Old English

Alternative forms

• Hloþewig

Etymology

From Frankish *Hlūdawīg, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). This is the form of Louis that was present in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, where it was replaced with Middle English Lewis and Lowis.

Proper noun

Hloþwig m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Middle English: Lewis
  • → English: Lewis

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1215 (Æthelflæd to Ælfwold; grant of a swine-pasture at Heronden in Tenterden, Kent, in return for 1450 pence), a man named Hloþwig is mentioned as "Hlo∂ewig" in the old text section and "Hloðewig" in the new text section.