Wulfræd
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From wulf (“wolf”) and rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwulfˌræːd/, [ˈwuɫvˌræːd]
Proper noun
Wulfrǣd m
- a male given name
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
- Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
References
- Electronic Sawyer S 1506 (Agreement between Æthelweard and Archbishop Oda and the Christ Church community over land at Ickham, Kent), a man named Wulfræd is mentioned as "Wulfred".