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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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.

Austria
Latin
c1070 Albvvuino (abl) UrkStyria 71; c1120 Albuin (nom) ibid. 106
England
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
Latin
c823 Albuinus (nom) irminon-vol2 61b, CE; 1047 Alboini (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1067 Albuinus (nom) ibid. XII; 1174 Albuinus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 161
Italy
Latin
c1080 Albuini (gen) UrkStyria 83
Scotland
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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Alfwin.