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[Facts] Re: Can -wen names be changed into -wynn?
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Septapus
(Buneary)
3/22/2025, 4:59 PM
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a message by BountifulDisaster
-wyn(n) is a feminine ending in Anglo-Saxon. Tolkien used the ending to create the name
Eowyn
for LOTR.
Here's another real-life example of a -wyn(n) name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelwynn
This message was edited 3/22/2025, 5:00 PM
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BountifulDisaster
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