Frideswide
How is the name Frideswide pronounced in English? I know it comes from the Old English Friðuswiþ, but how is the name of the saint pronounced nowadays? 🕊️❣️🌻💌🌻❣️🕊️masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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I've heard it (on local radio, referring to the church of St Frideswide in Oxford) sound like Fried Swied. Both vowels the same, emphasis on the first syllable..
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Thank you!
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