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Origin of the name GODEWINE.
Etymology of the
name GODEWINE.
Meaning of the baby name GODEWINE.
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GODEWINE. Anglo-Saxon
name, meaning "God's friend," from Old English god "god," and
wine "beloved, friend."
(A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary, Bosworth, 1901)
... In Hardy Knutes tyme
Elfrede and Edward (Sunnes to King Ethelrede) cam oute of Normandie to
Wynchestre to se Emme their Mother, wherof Counte Godewine having
pryvi envy, toke Elfride on Gilesdon, and killid a 600. of his Companie
at Gildeforde, and sent Alfred, berevid of his Yes, to the Isle of Eley,
wher for feble Diete he died... (Joannis Lelandi antiquarii De rebvs
britannicis collectanea, Leland, v.2, 1774)
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