Wulfhere

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚺᛖᚱᛖ (wulfhere) (c. 670 CE)

Etymology

From wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”).

Proper noun

Wulfhere m

  1. a male given name
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      In ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.
      At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.
    • "Widsith":
      Wulfhere sōhte iċ ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þǣr wīġ ne ālæġ,
      þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum,
      ymb Wistlawudu wergan sċeoldon
      ealdne ēþelstōl Ætlan lēodum.
      I sought Wulfhere and Wyrmhere; battle did not abate there
      when the Gothic army with hard swords
      had to defend in the Vistula woods
      their ancient homeland from Attila's folk.

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