Eadwine

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz, equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) +‎ wine (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwi.ne/

Proper noun

Ēadwine m

1. a male given name
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum.

     Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.

Descendants

• English: Edwin (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Electronic Sawyer S 1516 (Will of Eadwine), is about a man named Eadwine mentioned as "Eadwine".
• Electronic Sawyer S 1519 (Will of Ketel), Ketel's uncle Eadwine is mentioned as "Eadwine".