Meonwara

Meonwara or Meonsæte is the name of a people of the Meon Valley, in southern Hampshire, England, during the late 5th century and early 6th century.Meonwara means "People of the Meon" in Old English.

There is controversy over the origins and character of the Meonwara.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records a series of landings by Anglo Saxon settlers, during the years 449–514, in the area that became Meonwara . Those involved the earlier landings are now generally considered to be Jutes (rather than the Saxons who settled in surrounding areas during the same period). According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle the founders of Meonwara were a man named Port and his two sons Bieda and Maegla.

However, none of these names is clearly Germanic and Maegla appears to be a Brythonic word meaning "chief" or "prince" (i.e. cognate with Old British maglos, Welsh mael and the Breton given name Maël). Archaeological findings have also uncovered evidence, in the valley of the River Hamble and elsewhere, that these early colonists were Jutes .

Other peoples in early medieval southern England, are also generally believed to have Jutish origins: the Cantaware (later Kent), the Wihtwara (on what became known as the Isle of Wight), and the Ytene (in the area that became the New Forest). The Anglo Saxon Chronicle briefly mentions description of these peoples: "From the Jutes are descended the men of Kent, the Wightwarians (that is, the tribe that now dwelleth in the Isle of Wight), and that kindred in [neighbouring areas of Wessex] that men yet call the kindred of the Jutes." Another source of information comes from Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum by Bede: "From Jutish origin are descended the people of Kent and the Isle of Wight and those in the province of the West Saxons opposite the Isle of Wight who are called Jutes to this day."

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