goldwine

Old English

Etymology

From gold (“gold”) +‎ wine (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoldˌwi.ne/, [ˈɡoɫdˌwi.ne]

Noun

goldwine m

1. (poetic) good friend
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
     hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
     wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

     since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
     with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
     traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	goldwine	goldwinas
accusative	goldwine	goldwinas
genitive	goldwines	goldwina
dative	goldwine	goldwinum

Related terms

• Goldwine

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “goldwine”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.