The name is first attested as that of Alboin (r. 560–572), king of the Lombards. In Anglo-Saxon England, it first occurs with the child-king Ælfwine of Deira (c. 661 - 679). The Old High German name is found in the 8th and 9th centuries in the forms "Alfwin, Alfwini, Albuwin, Albuvin, Albewin, Albuin, Alpwin", in the 11th century also as "Elbewin". The forms in "alf" are strictly speaking Low German, the forms in "alb" High German. The Old English " ælf", "elf" are a result of the i-mutation in North Sea Germanic.