Ælfgifu

Ælfgifu is an Anglo-Saxon female name. The name is made up of the words ælf " elves " and gifu "gift" ( gift ).

Ælfgifu is the name of the following people:

• Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury († around 944), wife of Edmund I of England
• Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig of England
• Ælfgifu of York, Æthelred's first wife
• Ælfgifu of Northampton (Álfífa) (around 995 – around 1040), first wife of Canute the Great
• Ælfgifu, wife of Harald I.
• Ælfgifu, wife of Ælfgar , Earl of Mercia
• Ælfgifu of Wessex, daughter of Godwin of Wessex and sister of Harald II.
• Ælfgifu, daughter of Æthelred and wife of Uhtred , Earl of Northumbria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KM Sheard: Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time . Llewellyn Worldwide, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7387-2368-6 .