Alwin
m.
Old English æþel, Old High German adal 'noble' + Old English wine, Old High German wini 'friend'.
The name of three 7th C Anglo-Saxon saints.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Ailwinus (nom) CDAS DXXVIII;
967 Æðeluuine (nom) ibid. DXXXVI,
Æðelwine (nom) ibid. DXXXIII;
1155 Eilwinus (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1;
1181 Alwini (gen) StPaulDom p. 115,
Alwinus (nom) ibid. p. 114;
1185x1186 Ailwinus (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 17;
1189 Ailwinus (nom) GASurv p. 138,
Alwini (gen) ibid. p. 204,
Alwinus (nom) ibid. p. 130,
Eluinus (nom) ibid. p. 177,
Elwini (gen) ibid. p. 112,
Elwinus (nom) ibid. p. 108,
Elwyne (nom) ibid. p. 97;
1222 Ailwinus (nom) StPaulDom p. 85,
Alwini (gen) ibid. p. 31,
ailwini (gen) ibid. p. 13
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Adaluinus (nom) irminon-vol2 30, Palatiolum
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Alwini (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 11
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1120 Alwyno (abl) ESC XXXV
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alwin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Alwin.