Wigstan

Old English

Alternative forms

• Wistan

Etymology

From wīġ (“war, battle”) + stān (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːjˌstɑːn/

Proper noun

Wīġstān m

1. a male given name

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 332 (Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Æthelred, minister; grant of 9 sulungs (aratra) at Mersham, Kent, in return for 400 mancuses of gold. Latin with bounds. (2) Eadwald to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Willesborough, Kent), Wigstan is mentioned as "Wigstan" in the text section and the old text section.