FYI, the name was also borne by two ladies of the royal house of
Jerusalem:
Hodierna (aka Cecile), sister of K. Baldwin II of Jerusalem; she married
successively the lord of Hierges and Roger of Antioch (who d. 1119).
Hodierna, fl. 1152, daughter of K. Baldwin II, married 1131 Ct Raymond II
of Tripoli (d. 1151/2).
K. Baldwin II was, maternally, the grandson of Guy I, lord of Bray and
Montlhery in the Parisis (fl. 1071) by Hodierna, lady of la Ferte'-Gometz
(or Gaumetz) and of Bures. Their daughter Melisende married Count Hugh of
Rethel and Edessa (fl. 1118) and was the mother of K. Baldwin II of
Jerusalem (d. 1131) and the first Hodierna named above.
John Parsons
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Henry Gough-Cooper wrote:
> Dear Julia,
>
> >Surely Hodierna (hodiernus/a/um) is the adjective from Hodie?
>
> Yes, that's exactly what I would have thought. But Reaney and Wilson (and,
> presumably, Forssner) think differently and I would like to clarify what
> they think the etymology is (R&W give OG *Audigerna, but without further
> elucidation). Also, because the name occurs in Brittany (as personal- and
> place-name), one would have to consider a form such as *Ho+dierna making
> the second element Brtish _tigern_ (which commonly becomes _tiern_/_diern_
> in later breton names). The first element, in this scenario, looks as
> though it might be _cuno_ which is known to reduce to co- or ho-.
>
> So, I would like to clarify, if possible, whether the source is Latin,
> Germanic or British, and I would especially like to know what the proposed
> etymology (Forssner?) for the german might be (the latin and the british
> being clear).
>
> Yours aye,
>
> Henry Gough-Cooper.
>
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