Siweard

Old English Alternative forms ang Sīward Etymology Short form of ang Siġeweard. Pronunciation Sī-Weard Proper noun Sīweard m ang male Declension Sīweard sg Further reading Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 48, lines 4 and 18, recorded as "Siward" Electronic Sawyer S 189 (Latin+OE) (Wiglaf, king of Mercia, to Siward, abbot of Crowland, and the abbey of Crowland; confirmation and grant of privileges and of land at Bucknall, Hallington, Gernthorp, Langtoft, Deeping, Baston, Rippingale, Lincs.; Sutton, Stapleton, Leics., Badby, Northants.; Holbeach, Whaplode, Spalding, Drayton, Lincs.; Glapthorn, Peakirk, Northants.; Laythorpe, Kirkby, Lincs.; Standon, Herts.; and at Addington, Northants.), for 90 pounds of silver and 200 mancuses of gold, in order to raise money to pay off the Danes threatening Canterbury), Siward is mentioned as "Siwardus", "Siwardi" and "Siwardo" in the old text section.