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Old English · proper noun

Eadwine

Normalised Ēadwine

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwi.ne/
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑːd · ˌwi · ne (3 syllables)
Modern English
edwin

Meaning

  1. a male given name

    Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum. Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension

Declension of Eadwine
Singular
Nominative Ēadwine
Accusative Ēadwine
Genitive Ēadwines
Dative Ēadwine

All forms (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz, equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) + wine (“friend”).

Descendants

edwin

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