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Edwin

[ed-win]

noun

  1. Also Eadwine a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.

  2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “friend.”



Edwin

/ ˈɛdwɪn /

noun

  1. ?585–633 ad , king of Northumbria (617–633) and overlord of all England except Kent

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Mulhern took a low ball close in from Edwin Ipape superbly in the difficult conditions to storm over without a finger laid on him.

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First, exuberant electronic music, “Secret Teardrops” by Martin Rev, plays right before she eats, followed by the jaunty track, “25 Miles” by Edwin Starr, as she embarks on her food tour of the city.

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The dolls' house was built between 1921 and 1924 for Queen Mary and designed by the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.

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Since 1925, it has sat in Windsor Castle, in a room Sir Edwin also designed, attracting around half a million visitors each year.

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"I think we are in quite a rebellious society in this moment in time and we are in quite a divided society," Edwin Poots said.

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