Lefwin
m.
Old English lēof, Old High German liob 'dear, loved' or Gothic laiba, Old High German leitha, Old Norse leif 'relic, souvenir; inheritor' + Old English wine, Old High German wini 'friend'.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 966 Lefwinus (nom) CDAS DXXVIII,
Leofwine (nom) ibid. DXXIX;
967 Leofwine (nom) ibid. DXXXXIII;
994 Leofwyne (nom) ibid. DCLXXXVI;
1181 Lefwinus (nom) StPaulDom p. 115;
1183 Lefwyny (gen) BoldonBuke p. 2;
1185x1186 Lefwinus (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 192;
1194 Lefwinus (nom) RotCur-vol1 p. 8;
1222 lefwini (gen) StPaulDom p. 14
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1313 Levuin Paris1313 p. 167
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● c765 Lebuinus (nom) OrkGZ no. 8,
Liafwinus (nom) ibid. no. 8
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Lefwin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Lefwin.