| Anglo-Saxon | |
| Éadwine | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Position | Mariner |
| Location | England |
| Language | Old English |
| Birth | 9th century AD |
| Death | Fate unknown (set sail in about 878 AD but never returned) |
| Family | |
| Parentage | Óswine |
| Children | Ælfwine |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Steed | Éarendel (ship) |
Éadwine was a Man living in the Anglo-Saxon England in the 9th century AD. He was the father of the famous seafarer Ælfwine, the first mortal to find the Straight Road in thousands of years.[1]
History
Éadwine was an experienced seaman, who often told stories of strange, faraway lands to his young son Ælfwine. However, around the year 878 AD, when Ælfwine was still a child, Éadwine took his ship Éarendel out to the sea and never returned. Around the same time, Éadwine's wife fled to her kin in West Wales, taking their son with her.[1]
Etymology
The name Éadwine is in Old English and consists of the elements ead ("wealth, fortune") + wine ("friend").[2] Its modern English cognate is Edwin, seen in the name of Edwin Lowdham, the father of Alwin Lowdham, one of the main characters in The Notion Club Papers.[3]
Genealogy
| Óswine fl. 9th century | |||||||||
| ÉADWINE fl. 9th century | |||||||||
| Ælfwine b. 869 AD | |||||||||
Other versions of the legendarium
According to the early legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales, the father of Ælfwine was a man named Déor.[4]
In The Lost Road, Éadwine wasn't the name of Ælfwine's father but rather that of his son.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Two: The Notion Club Papers Part Two: Night 69", p. 270
- ↑ "Edwin", Behind the Name
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part Two: The Notion Club Papers Part Two: Night 66", p. 236
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "VI. The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales": "Ælfwine of England", p. 313
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: III. The Lost Road, (iii) The unwritten chapters", p. 83