#eadwyn

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Random thought on Oxenefordscire 1

Eivor found it so unacceptable that Sigurd would not keep his word by making peace with Eadwyn and betray his promise to Geadric for the sake of the stone because Kjotve broke his oath and word to her father and killed her parents as a result after agreeing to peace. No wonder she threw that axe. Her brain couldn’t process it

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Eadwyn

Eadwyn is an Anglo-Saxon feminine name composed of ead (wealth) and wyn (joy).

Variants:

Edwyn [Sharon Turner 1805 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 1st edition, 4: 129].

Eádwyn [John Kemble 1849 The Saxons in England, 1st edition, 1: 506].

Eadwynn [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 194].

Eadwyn [Dorothy Whitelock 1930 Anglo-Saxon Wills, page 15].

Ēadwynn [Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges 1988 A Dictionary of Surnames, page 162].

Éadƿynn [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 115].

Prototheme:

wealth = Ead- [Henry Bradley 1888 The Goths, page 369].

Deuterotheme:

Wyn = Joy, pleasure, delight [Joseph Bosworth 1838 A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1st edition, page 486].

Usage:

A woman named Eadwyn was bequeathed by the Will of Wynflæd: “and Cynestán, and Wynsige, and Bryhtríces sunu, and Eádwynne, and Buneles sunu, and Ælfweres dóhtor” [John Kemble 1848 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 6: 133 (number 1290)]: “Cynestan and Wynsige and Brihtric’s son and Eadwyn and Bunele’s son and Ælfhere’s daughter” [Dorothy Whitelock 1930 Anglo-Saxon Wills, page 15].