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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Hawise f. Old High German hadu 'battle' + Old High German wīt, Old Saxon wīd 'wide' or Old Saxon widu, wido, Old High German witu 'wood'.

England
Latin
1189 Hawis (nom) GASurv p. 107; 1222 Hawesia (nom) StPaulDom p. 54; 1256 Hawisia (nom) EARNb p. 2, Hawisiæ (dat) ibid. p. 3, Hawysiam (acc) ibid. p. 3; 1319 Hauwisie (dat) PSS-CXIV 5a; 1340xc1450 Hawisia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 14, Hawysia (nom) ibid. p. 66, Hawysie (nom) ibid. p. 23
Early Modern English
1553 Hawesse RegIng p. 4
France
Latin
1138 Havidis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXIX; 1301 Hauwidis (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 245, Havidis (gen) ibid. p. 261, Hawis (gen) ibid. p. 248
Old French
1296 Haoÿs paris1296 p. 53; 1313 Haoys Paris1313 p. 93
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Hawise". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Hawise.