Aelgifu
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Ælfgifu, also Elgiva, Elfgifu,means "gift of the Elves.", was a popular female name among the Anglo-Saxons, held by:
- Aelgifu of Northampton, first 'handfast' wife of Canute the Great
- the wife of King Edmund I of England
- Elgiva, wife of King Eadwig
- the first wife of Ethelred the Unready
- Emma of Normandy, second wife of Ethelred the Unready, called Ælfgifu in Old English sources