#guthwine

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Three of my favourite swords in LOTR: Herugrim, Heruwyn & Guthwine

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Guthwine

Guthwine is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of guth (war) and wine (friend).

Variants:

guthwin [Heinrich Meidinger 1833 Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1st edition, page 528].

Guđuini (?) [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 29].

Gundwine [Benjamin Thorpe 1865 Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici, page 515].

Gunwine [Benjamin Thorpe 1865 Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici, page 515].

(guð)uini [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 162].

Gūþwine [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 507].

Guðuini [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 634].

Guthwine [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 274].

Gúþƿine [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 110].

Prototheme:

guth = battle [Grant Allen 1884 Anglo-Saxon Britain, page 185].

Deuterotheme:

Wine = friend [Robert Ferguson 1883 Surnames as a Science, page 67].

Usage:

A man called Gundwine is mentioned in the Will of Theodræd, Bishop of London “And ic an Gundwine þer oðer gewele massehakele þat is ungerenad· and þat ðe þerto bireð” (“And I give to Gunwine the other mass-hackel, which is without ornament, and what thereto belongs”) [Benjamin Thorpe 1865 Diplomatarium Anglicum Ævi Saxonici, page 515].