Æthelwine of Athelney
Æthelwine of Athelney was a 7th-century
Personal life
Aethelwine was a son of
king of the West Saxons from 611-42 AD and the brother of Cenwealh
, king of the West Saxons from 642-672 AD.
chronic disease.[7]
Etymology of his Name
His name is two
Anglo Saxon
words, æðel (prince) and wine (friend protector).Anglo-Saxon name of Athelney isle was "Æðelinga íeg", thought to mean the "Island of Princes" (æðeling) and as it had this name prior to Alfred it is possible that it derived from Æthelwine, or that it was an established royal residence, fort or refuge of some type. To give thanks for his victory, Alfred founded on the Isle in 888 AD, a monastery, Athelney Abbey.[8]
See also
- House of Wessex family tree
References
- ^ Lyng and Athelney by Miranda Richardson.
- ^ Stowe MS 944, British Library
- ^ G. Hickes, Dissertatio Epistolaris in Linguarum veterum septentrionalium thesaurus grammatico-criticus et archeologicus (Oxford, 1703), p115.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Saint Egelwine of Athelney". 23 November 2012.
- ^ William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum ii.92.3
- ^ "Æthelwine 1". Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.
- ^ 'Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Athelney', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2 (1911), pp. 99-103.
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