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Edith
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Édith
English
Etymology
en ang Ēadġȳþ, from en gem-pro *audaz wealth, riches + gem-pro *gunþiz battle. Name of a 10th century English saint.
Pronunciation
en /ˈidɪθ/ GA
en /ˈiːdɪθ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Edith.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Old English.
en 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.
en 1903 Elizabeth Bisland A Candle of Understanding Harper&Brothers 11 But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.
en 2009 w:Linwood Barclay Fear the Worst Banrtam Books 0553807161 76 - - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"
en locality in the carea/Oberon eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Edithburgh
en Edith Weston
en Edith Creek
en Stoke Edith
Related terms
en Baldith Edgar Edmund Edrick Edward Edwin
Translations
female given name
Bulgarian: bg Еди́та f
Czech: cs Edita f
Danish: da Edith c
French: fr Édith f
German: de Edit f, de Edith f
Hungarian: hu Edit
Latvian: lv Edīte f
Lithuanian: lt Edita f
Norwegian: no Edit
Polish: pl Edyta f
Portuguese: pt Edite f
Russian: ru Эди́та f
Swedish: sv Edit
Ukrainian: uk Еді́та f
Anagrams
en dehit Heidt dieth ithed
Danish
da:
Etymology
da en Edith in the 19th century.
Proper noun
c
da female English
Related terms
da Ditte
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 32 166 females with the given name Edith have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
German
de:
Alternative forms
de Edit
Etymology
de en Edith in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
de /ˈeːdɪt/
de De-Edith.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun f
de female English
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
Proper noun
nb proper noun f
nb female Edit popular
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn female Edit popular
Spanish
Etymology
es :ubor en:Edith + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female English
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Edith.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female, a less common spelling of Edit