Edith

The female forename Edith is said by Hanks et al (2006) and other authorities to represent the OE ēad, 'prosperity, riches' + gӯð, 'strife'. But the modern form Edith was used before and after the Norman Conquest by scribes who knew Latin and Norman French better than English to represent various Old English women's names.

Edith is recorded as having been borne by

• a daughter, Eadgyth, (c.911–946) of Edward the Elder, who married Otto 'the Great', King of the East Franks (912–973) in late 929 or early 930.
• a daughter Saint Edith, Eadgyth in OE, (961–984) of King Edgar (the Peaceful) and Wulfthryth, who left her marriage to enter the religious life. She was Abbess of Wilton Abbey, a Benedictine convent in Wiltshire. Wulfthryh took her daughter, under one year old, with her. The child grew up as a nun, and, dying aged 23 somewhere between 977 and 991, was revered as a saint.
• Eadgyth of Wessex (d. 1075), daughter of Earl Godwine and thus sister of Harold II of England. She was Edward the Confessor's Queen, having married him in 1045.
• Ealdgyth or Aldgyth (fl. c.1057–1066), daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia (d. 1062?) and thus sister of Eadwine, earl of Mercia and Morcar, earl of Northumbria. Around 1057 she married Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), king of Gwynedd, and ruler of all Wales after 1055. When Gruffyd was killed during a struggle with English forces led by Harold GOdwineson, Edith married Harold and became his consort and queen of England.