Hloþewig

Old English Alternative forms ang Hlōþwīġ Etymology ang gmw-pro *Hlūdawīg; equivalent to ang hlūd loud wīġ war. This is the original English form of the name en Louis; it was present in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066, thenceforth being displaced by the Anglo-Norman-derived enm Lewis / enm Lowis in Middle English, from the same Germanic source (via Frankish). Pronunciation Hlōþe-Wīġ Proper noun Hlōþewīġ m ang male Lewis,fr:Louis Declension Hlōþewīġ sg 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.