Edwin
m.
Old English ēad 'riches, wealth' + Old English wine 'friend'.
The name of a 7th C Northumbrian king and saint and a 10th C king of Sussex.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Eadwine (nom) CDAS DXXIX;
967 Eduuino (abl) ibid. DXXXII;
1189 Edwin (nom) GASurv p. 164,
Edwini (gen) ibid. p. 155,
Edwinus (nom) ibid. p. 121
- Early Modern English
- ● 1572 Edwin StAnthonlin p. 22;
1577 Edwin ibid. p. 25;
1578 Edwin ibid. p. 27;
1580 Edwin ibid. p. 28;
1581 Edwin ibid. p. 28;
1583 Edwin ibid. p. 29;
1586 Edwin ibid. p. 32;
1589 Edwin ibid. p. 33
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Edwinus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 10
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Edwin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Edwin.