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Ælfwine of England
Ælfwine
is a
fictional character
found in various early versions of
J. R. R. Tolkien
's
legendarium
. Tolkien envisaged Ælfwine as an
Anglo-Saxon
who visited and befriended the
elves
and acted as the source of later mythology. Thus, Ælfwine is given as the author of the various translations in Old English that appear in
The History of Middle-earth
Series. The
Old English
name Ælfwine means "Elf-friend". It is a well attested historical
Germanic name
, alongside its
Old High German
and
Lombard
equivalents, Alwin and Alboin, respectively.
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