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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Aldith f. Old English (e)ald 'old' + Old English gȳð 'war'.

The name does not appear to have survived beyond the 14th C as a personal name, but it appears in the English placenames Audley (Stafs) and Bewaldeth (Cumb).

England
Latin
1189 Alditha (nom) GASurv p. 147, Eldieth (nom) ibid. p. 226, Eldith (nom) ibid. p. 226, Elditha (nom) ibid. p. 165, Eldithe (gen) ibid. p. 124; 1222 Alditha (nom) StPaulDom p. 9, Aldithe (gen) ibid. p. 51
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Aldith". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Aldith.