Edwin
m.
Old English ēad, Old High German ōt, Old Saxon ōd 'riches, wealth' + Old English wine, Old High German wini 'friend'.
The name of a 7th C Northumbrian king and saint and a 10th C king of Sussex.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● c1120 Oͮtwin (nom) UrkStyria 108
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Eadwine (nom) CDAS DXXIX;
967 Eduuino (abl) ibid. DXXXII;
1181 eadwini (gen) StPaulDom p. 114,
edwini (gen) ibid. p. 117;
1189 Edwin (nom) GASurv p. 164,
Edwini (gen) ibid. p. 155,
Edwinus (nom) ibid. p. 121;
1222 Edwinus (nom) StPaulDom p. 50,
edwini (gen) ibid. p. 45
- 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
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1030 Odoinus (nom) StVdM-II 712
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Odoin DdB1418 p. 214
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1216 Odewinus (nom) hennes-vol1 22
- 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 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Edwin.