Hloþwig
Old English
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
- 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.