Oswine

Old English

Alternative forms

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

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