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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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
Latin
c1120 Oͮtwin (nom) UrkStyria 108
England
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; 1583/4 Edwyne SurMus p. 50; 1586 Edwin StAnthonlin p. 32; 1589 Edwin ibid. p. 33
France
Latin
1030 Odoinus (nom) StVdM-II 712
Middle French
1418 Odoin DdB1418 p. 214, Odouin HGParis p. 388
Germany
Latin
1216 Odewinus (nom) hennes-vol1 22
Ireland
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 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Edwin.