Alfwin
m.
Old English ælf, Old High German alb 'elf' + Old English wine, Old High German wini 'friend'.
The name of a 6th C king of the Lombards and a 7th C king of Deira.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 967 Ælfwine (nom) CDAS DXXXIII;
994 Ælfwine (nom) ibid. DCLXXXVI;
1185x1186 Alfwin' (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 2,
Alfwinus (nom) ibid. p. 15;
1222 Alfwinus (nom) StPaulDom p. 61
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Albuinus (nom) irminon-vol2 61b, CE;
1047 Alboini (gen) CartNDSaintes I;
1067 Albuinus (nom) ibid. XII;
1174 Albuinus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 161
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● c1100 Ælfwino (abl) ESC XX
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alfwin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Alfwin.