Æðelwine

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈæ.ðel.ˌwi.ne/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and wine "friend" [3] [4] . This was the name of a few Anglo-Saxon saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Lindsey. The name became rare after the Norman Conquest.

Related Names

Rootsæðele + wine
VariantÆthelwine
Other Languages & CulturesAlwin (Dutch) Alvin, Elvin (English) Alwin (German) Adalwin, Alwin (Germanic)
Same SpellingÆthelwine
  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 58.
  3. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 22, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
  4. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 1233, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.

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