Godwine is an English word starting with the letter G. With 7 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Godwine in a sentence
Using Godwine
- In the example corpus, godwine often appears in combinations such as: godwine and, godwine family.
Context around Godwine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Godwine
- In this selection, "godwine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, intercept, brothers, entire, family and tumusiime stand out and add context to how "godwine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include godwine tumusiime a and godwine was probably. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "godwine" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with godwine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Godrīc's brothers Godwine and Godwīg followed him. (8 words)
When they returned in 1052 to an enthusiastic welcome in the Sussex ports, Edward had to reinstate the Godwine family. (20 words)
Again, in 1052 when Edward's fleet was waiting at Sandwich to intercept Godwine's return, the ships returned to London to take on new earls and crews. (28 words)
At midsummer in 1069, Brian and Alan the Black led a force that defeated a raid by Godwine and Edmund, sons of Harold Godwinson, who had sailed from Ireland with a fleet of 64 ships to the mouth of the River Taw in Devon. (44 words)
Godwine Tumusiime, a resident of Bugoigo landing site says there are DRC nationals who cross over to Uganda through the Lake Albert waters taking advantage of the abandoned Entry points. (30 words)
Godwine was probably a native of Sussex, and by the end of Edward the Confessor 's reign a third part of the county was in the hands of his family. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Godwine Tumusiime, a resident of Bugoigo landing site says there are DRC nationals who cross over to Uganda through the Lake Albert waters taking advantage of the abandoned Entry points.
Again, in 1052 when Edward's fleet was waiting at Sandwich to intercept Godwine's return, the ships returned to London to take on new earls and crews.
At midsummer in 1069, Brian and Alan the Black led a force that defeated a raid by Godwine and Edmund, sons of Harold Godwinson, who had sailed from Ireland with a fleet of 64 ships to the mouth of the River Taw in Devon.
Godrīc's brothers Godwine and Godwīg followed him.
Godwine was probably a native of Sussex, and by the end of Edward the Confessor 's reign a third part of the county was in the hands of his family.
In 1049 the murder by Sweyn Godwinson of his cousin Beorn after Beorn has been tricked in going to Bosham resulted in the entire Godwine family being banished.
When they returned in 1052 to an enthusiastic welcome in the Sussex ports, Edward had to reinstate the Godwine family.
Common combinations with godwine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: