Ealdwine

Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Meaning & History

From the Old English elements eald "old" and wine "friend". This name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

Related Names

Rootseald + wine
Other Languages & CulturesAlvin, Aldous, Elvin(English) Aldwin(Germanic) Audoin(Lombardic) Aldus(Medieval English)

Categories

elderly, friendship, old people

Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 200.
Entry updated January 21, 2022