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Origin of the name ROLF.
Etymology of the
name ROLF.
Meaning of the baby name ROLF.
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ROLF. A
German form of Old Norse Hrólfr
(q.v.), meaning "famous wolf." English Rolph.
(History of Christian
Names, Yonge, 1884). Usage: England, Germany, Sweden.
... We see that some years
later the Norwegian king Eric attempted to get together an expedition to
this new land under the so-called Landa-Rolf, who was sent to
Iceland for the purpose in 1289. In 1290 Rolf went about
Iceland, inviting people to join the Newland expedition; but it is
uncertain whether it ever came to anything, and in 1295 Landa-Rolf
died. All this points to the east coast of Greenland having been
little known at that time, otherwise a landing there could not be spoken
of as the discovery of a new land; and it is not easy to see why the
king should send Rolf to Iceland to get up an expedition to a
country which, as they must have been aware, was closed by ice for the
greater part of the year. (In Northern Mists, Nansen, 1911)
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