Cadwgan
m.
Old Breton, Middle Welsh cat 'battle' + Middle Welsh gwogawn 'glory, honor'.
The name of an 11th C king of Gwent and Morgannwg and an 11th-12th C prince of Powys.
For more information, see Morgan & Morgan s.n. Cadwgan.
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1247 Caducano (abl) ArchCambIII p. 228,
Kaducani (gen) ibid. p. 228;
1456 Cadwgan (nom) ibid. p. 259
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Cadwgan". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Cadwgan.