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hedwig
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, German, from Old High German Haduwig, a compound of two words both of which mean "strife, struggle."
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Hedwig is a feminine German given name, see Hedwig (name). Hedwig may also refer to:
Hedwig (also named Jadwiga; d. 29 December 1249), was by marriage Duchess consort of Greater Poland.
Her parentage is disputed among historians and sources. Among the possible origins for Hedwig include:
- Descendance from the Pomerelian Samborides lineage of the Dukes of Pomerania, i.e. the daughter of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania. This theory is the most accepted among historiography and web sources.
- Descendance from the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, i.e. the daughter of Prince Sviatopluk, son of Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia.
- Descendance from the German House of Andechs. This origin is supported by the fact that she is called relative of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Poppo von Osterna.
Hedwig is a German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "fight, duel".
The name is on record since the 9th century, with Haduwig, a daughter of Louis the German. The name remained popular in German high nobility during the 10th and 11th centuries. Other medieval spellings include Hathuwic, Hathewiga, Hadewich, Hadewic, Hathwiga, Hadwich, Hatwig, Hadwig, Hediwig, Hedewiga, Hedewich, Hedewiih, Hatuuih, Hetvic, Haduwich, Hadawich, Hatuwig, etc. Forms such as Hadiwih, Hadewi etc. suggest that the name is the result of a conflation of two separate names, one with the second element wig "fight", the other with the second element wih "hallowed".
The Dutch form is Hadewych ( Hadewijch). A German and Dutch diminutive is Hedy. The German name was adopted into Swedish in about the 15th century and is still in use in Swedish, and to a lesser extent in Danish and Norwegian, in the spelling Hedvig, with a diminutive Hedda. The German name was adopted into Polish, as Jadwiga. A French form is Edwige (not to be confused with the unrelated Anglo-Saxon Eadwig, Edwig).
Usage examples of "hedwig".
Not until Jan Bronski had found and married his Hedwig, a Kashubian girl who lived in the city but still owned some fields in Ramkau, did relations between him and my mother improve.
And in the hall Hedwig heard her humming cheerfully as she put on raincoat and overshoes and made ready for a walk to town.
Here, Hedwig, take my hat and bring me some iced tea--and next time your Fraulein hides in the orchard you can find her and not send me there.
With an effort she extricated herself from the depths of the big chintz-covered chair and took a tall straight one near the table on which Hedwig was placing iced tea and sandwiches, and as she reached for the tea with her right hand, she held out her left for the paper Mary Cary was bringing to her.
Monday evening in the month, and as she started off she waved to Hedwig, standing in the door.
He stood aside that she might pass between the vine-covered pillars marking the entrance to Tree Hill, and looking ahead saw Hedwig standing in the porch.
And Hedwig looked helplessly first at the head and then at the foot of the table.
On her knees Hedwig knelt and drew off the slippers, and with soft, firm movements, learned in her hospital days, began to rub first one foot and then the other.
As Hedwig went inside the hall the clock near the door struck nine, and, at sound of the clear strokes, Mary Cary stirred and changed her position.
For most of the unexpected guests chairs had been hastily provided by Hedwig, and the few men standing were doing so from choice.
McDougal speaking to Hedwig, who a moment later came back with a large knife and handed it to her, and, as she took it, Mary Cary dropped back into her chair.
She had honestly intended to be very nice, and only a few hours ago she had talked with Hedwig about supper, deciding on the things John liked best.
A step behind made him turn, and as Hedwig came in he got up and took the telegram she handed him with only half-concealed irritation.
Mary Cary, too, stood up, and as Hedwig left the room the bit of yellow paper was handed her.
Jan danced with Mama, Matzerath danced with the big, rawboned Hedwig, whose inscrutable bovine gaze tended to make people think she was pregnant.