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[Facts] Re: Can -wen names be changed into -wynn?
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Anglo-Saxon feminine names in -wyn/-wyn, frequently become -wen, first in Kent in Old English, and more broadly in Middle English.Ælfwyn(n is the name of several recorded women, and an occasional mispelling of Ælfwine.
Ælwyney is recorded in a Cornish inscriptionEaldwynn isn't listed in records but is a plausible name.
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