English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “sea” + “friend”
From mere (“sea”) + wine (“friend”).
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- Wiktionary: MerewineCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“sea” + “friend”
/ˈme.reˌwi.ne/ · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Merewine is a masculine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““sea” + “friend””.
Meaning: “sea” + “friend”
From mere (“sea”) + wine (“friend”).
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MEREWINE— “famed friend”
Our own Anglian Mercians had among their royal line Merowald, Merehelm, and Merewine; but, in general, _mer_, or _mar_, is used as a termination rather than a commencement, and then is always masculine. Merohelm is also called Merchelm, so the French saint, ‘Marculphe,’ _may_ have been Merowulf, though he now looks more like Markulf, a border wolf.[148]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section VI (Power) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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