[god-win] 
| 1. | Also, God⋅wi⋅ne [god-wi-nuh] . Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman. |
| 2. | Gail, born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. |
| 3. | Mary Woll⋅stone⋅craft [woo l-stuhn-kraft, -krahft] , 1759–97, English writer. |
| 4. | her husband, William, 1756–1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist. |
| 5. | a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “good friend.” |
Godwine
also spelled Godwin earl of Wessex, the most powerful man in England during the opening years of the reign of Edward the Confessor
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