Given name
Hildeswiþ
“battle”·“strong”
Hildeswiþ is a feminine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hildeswiþ is built from elements meaning “battle” and “strong”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Hildiswinþ, built from Proto-West Germanic *hildi (“battle”) + *swinþ (“strong”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hildeswiþ’s family of names
In Old English usage, Hildeswiþ shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Hiltisuint.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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