Eadwig in Old English

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwiːj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eadwig"
}

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        "Eadwig; King of Anglo-Saxon England."
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Eadwig Basan; an eleventh-century English Monk."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwiːj/"
    }
  ],
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"Eadwig" meaning in Old English

Proper name