#eawyn

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My dnd party. From left to right: zed, Finn, eawyn, and Rosie

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Some studies/redraws I’ve done using my dnd game

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Couples cringe compilation from my dnd game

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Christmas present for my dnd group

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Eawyn

Eawyn is an Anglo-Saxon feminine name composed of ea (river) and wyn (joy).

Variants:

Eawynn [Marion Gibbs 1939 Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, page 69].

Eawyn [Colleen Dunn 2015 God’s Chosen, page 292].

Prototheme:

ea = river [George Grundy 1933 Saxon Oxfordshire, page 4].

Deuterotheme:

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

Usage:

Eawyn was the name of a nun who received a grant of land from King Eadræd in 946 [Colleen Dunn 2015 God’s Chosen, page 292]: “cuidam religiosæ sanctæ conversationis monialis feminæ vocitato nomine Eawynne” [Marion Gibbs 1939 Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, page 6].

Comment:

The prototheme is doubtful because Ea- was sometimes written for Ead-, Ean-, or Heah-.