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The book that Christopher might have been thinking of is possibly the erudite Marie-Therese Morlet, _Les noms de personne sur le territoire de l'ancienne Gaule du vie au xiie siecle_, of which the first 2 vols appeared in 1968 and 1972 (the 3rd in 1985). This is a rare book and I don't have access to it. So, perhaps going down market, I cite M-Th's _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de famille_ (Paris, 1991) which I do have to hand: p. 525 'Hodierne n. de personne fem. d'origine germ. Odigerna (-od richesse; -gern desireux). [On releve dans le Cartul. de l'Hotel Dieu de Paris Odierne/ Hodierne xiiie s. <*Audigerna]. [Her square parenthesis] Since the etymology is given by the same person as compiled the scholarly work, I think there may be some correspondence! Sorry about the lack of diacriticals. D. -- ******************************************************************************* * Dave Postles, Dept of English Local History, [log in to unmask] (preferred) * * University of Leicester, [log in to unmask] * * 5, Salisbury Road, Leicester, http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/pot/intro.html* * LE1 7QR No letters or 'phone calls, please! * * * * 'Workers of the world Unix' * ******************************************************************************* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%