Wulfræd

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From wulf (wolf) and rǣd (counsel, advice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwulfˌræːd/, [ˈwuɫvˌræːd]

Proper noun

Wulfrǣd m

  1. 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.

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