Wolf
m.
Old Icelandic úlfr, Old High German wolf, Old English, Gothic wulf 'wolf'.
Also used as a pet form of various names beginning with this element, such as Wolfgang.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1353 Wolf (nom) chlumecky 28, p. 22
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Ulfi (gen) GASurv p. 149
- France
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- Latin
- ● 699 Wolfo (abl) DCEL-2 Add. X
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Wolff Nurn1497 1181
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1094 Ulf (nom) ESC XII
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Ulfs (gen) SDHK no. 6022,
Vlphonis (gen) ibid. no. 6014,
Vlps (gen) ibid. no. 6002
- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Vlf SRA-vol2 no. 1900,
Vlfs (gen) ibid. no. 1905,
Wlf ibid. no. 1923,
Wlfs (gen) ibid. no. 1930
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Wolf". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Wolf.