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Garwulf
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Garulf (?)
Etymology
From ang gem-pro *Gaiʀawulf, from ang gem-pro *Gaizawulfaz. Equivalent to ang gār spear wulf wolf. Cognate with goh Gērolf. Compare ang Wulfgar which has the same elements reversed.
Pronunciation
Gār-Wulf
Proper noun
Gārwulf m
ang male
References
Electronic Sawyer S 332 (Æthelberht, king of Wessex and Kent, to Æthelred, minister; grant of 9 sulungs (aratra) at Mersham, Kent, in return for 400 mancuses of gold. Latin with bounds. (2) Eadwald to St Augustine's, Canterbury; grant of land at Willesborough, Kent), Garwulf is mentioned as "Garulf" in the text section and the old text section.