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Edwin

(ed′win)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Ed, Eddie; fem. Edwina

Origin: OE Eadwine < ead (see Edgar) + wine, friend < Gmc *weniz < IE base *wen-, to strive, desire, love (> win(some), wish, L Venus): lit., rich friend

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King of Northumbria (617-633) who ruled as far north as Edinburgh and was converted to Christianity (627).

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