Godgifu
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- Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of GODIVA.
 | GODIVA female Anglo-Saxon (Latinized) Latinized form of the Old English name Godgifu meaning "gift of god", from the elements god and giefu "gift". Lady Godiva was an 11th-century English noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry to protest the high taxes imposed by her husband upon the townspeople. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ANGLO-SAXON: Godiva |