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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Ortolf m. Old High German ort 'point (of a spear or sword)' + Old High German wolf, Gothic wulf 'wolf'.

Austria
Latin
c1120 Ortolf (nom) UrkStyria 105
England
Latin
994 Ordulf (nom) CDAS DCLXXXVI
Germany
Latin
1142 Ortolf (nom) mairhofer I, Ortolfo (abl) ibid. X, Ortolfus (nom) ibid. X; 1151 Ortolf (nom) ibid. XXXVI; 1210 Ortolf (nom) hennes-vol1 10; 1249 Ortolphus (nom) ibid. 134; 1261 Ortolfo (abl) FRA-XXXL 207
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ortolf". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Ortolf.