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The name of the Hwicce: a discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2013

Richard Coates
Richard Coates*
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
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Abstract

This article presents the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon ethnic name Hwicce borne by a people of the south-west Midlands, and reviews previous unsatisfactory attempts to explain it. It appears to be probably of British Celtic origin, and an etymology in two variants, consistent in etymological meaning with that of other early ethnonyms, is suggested.

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Research Article
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Anglo-Saxon England , Volume 42 , December 2013 , pp. 51 - 61
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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