Think Digwed or Digweed is a surname which may, of course, have evolved from Davids or Davidson or the like. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Barlow" <barlow@candw.ky> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: [OEL] Re: Will of Agnis Bartlett of Aston Oxon 1609 > > "....by Digwed her husband twelve pence ....." (not two pence) > > > What a lovely name for a husband! My guess is that the modern development > of the name is David - following a g-y shift in some local dialect. Any > other offers? > > Gordon Barlow > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator: > OLD-ENGLISH-admin@rootsweb.com > >