Oswine

Old English

Alternative forms

• ᚩᚾᛋᚹᛁᚾᛁ (ónswini)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Ansuwiniz. Equivalent to ōs (“(pagan) god”) +‎ wine (“friend”). Cognate with Old Norse Ásviðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːsˌwi.ne/, [ˈoːzˌwi.ne]

Proper noun

Ōswine m

1. a male given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCLXI Hēr wæs sē myċċla winter ⁊ Moll Norðhymbra cining ofslōh Ōswine æt Ædwines clife on octauo Īdūs Agustī.

     Year 761 In this year was the great winter, and King Moll of Northumbria slew Oswine at Edwin's cliff on [in Latin] the eighth Ides of August.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Ōswine	—
accusative	Ōswine	—
genitive	Ōswines	—
dative	Ōswine	—

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 12 (Oswine, king of Kent, to St Peter's Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent), Oswine is mentioned as "Oswynus".
• Electronic Sawyer S 13 (Oswine, king of Kent, to Æbba, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent), Oswine is mentioned as "Oswinus".