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Origin of the name HROTHWULF.
Etymology of the
name HROTHWULF.
Meaning of the baby name HROTHWULF.
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HROTHWULF. Anglo-Saxon
name meaning "famous wolf," from hréð/hréðe (OHG hruod,
ON. hrothr) "fame, praise," and wulf
"wolf." It is the same as Old Norse Hródúlfr,
which see. (History of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884)
... The chief sanctuary of the
Danes was at Leire. This was no doubt a sanctuary of great
antiquity. It is the home of the famous kings of the 6th cent.,
Hróarr and Hrólfr Kraki (the Hrothgar and
Hrothwulf of Beowulf).
In Ynglinga Saga, 5, it is said to have been the home of the goddess
Gifjón and her husband Skjöldr, the eponymous ancestor of the
Skjöldungar (A.S. Scyldingas), the Danish royal family. Like
Upsala, the locality is remarkable for its barrows, some of which date
from the earliest times... (Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics,
Hastings, 1922)
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