Ælfwine, also spelled Aelfwine or Elfwine, is an Old English personal name derived from the elements ælf ("elf") and wine ("friend"). It is a variant of the name Alboin and continues a hypothetical Common Germanic given name *albi-winiz. This name is also found in Old High German and Lombardic as Albewin, Alpwin, Albuin, and Alboin. The Old Norse forms of the name are Alfvin and Ǫlfun. The modern name Alwin may be a reduction of Ælfwine or alternatively of Adalwin, the Old High German cognate of...