Old English · proper noun
Oswine
Normalised Ōswine
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈoːsˌwi.ne/[ˈoːzˌwi.ne]
- Syllables
- ˈoːs · ˌwi · ne (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- oswin
Meaning
-
a male given name
An. DCCLXI Hēr wæs sē myċċla winter ⁊ Moll Norðhymbra cining ofslōh Ōswine æt Ædwines clife on octauo Īdūs Agustī.
Year 761 In this year was the great winter, and King Moll of Northumbria slew Oswine at Edwin's cliff on [in Latin] the eighth Ides of August.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Ansuwiniz. Equivalent to ōs (“(pagan) god”) + wine (“friend”). Cognate with Old Norse Ásviðr.
Descendants
oswin
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