Edith

From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "wealth, fortune" and guð "battle" [1] [2] [3] . It was popular among Anglo-Saxon royalty, being borne for example by Saint Eadgyeth;, the daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. It was also borne by the Anglo-Saxon wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The name remained common after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the 15th century, but was revived in the 19th century.

classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange simple serious

1. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 181.
2. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 224, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
3. Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 196.

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