What is "leofwine"

Leofwine is an Old English name meaning "dear friend." A modern German equivalent is Levin or Lewin. The name may refer to:

• Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey), fl. 953
• Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce d.1028
• Leofwine Godwinson, killed at the Battle of Hastings
• Leofwin in office 1053–1070, bishop of Lichfield

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Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey.

Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after. This was a reconstitution of the see after a break in the succession since the death of Burgheard (or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956, and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey. It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester.