Eadwulf

Eadwulf (also Eadulf, Eadwlf, Eaduulf ) is an Anglo-Saxon male given name . The name is composed of the elements Ead- (= "wealth, luck, prosperity") and -wulf / -ulf (= "wolf"). Significant namesake were:

• Eadwulf (Northumbria) , King of Northumbria (705–706)
• Eadwulf (Lindsey) , Bishop of Lindsey (796–836 / 839)
• Eadwulf (Hereford) , Bishop of Hereford (825 / 832–836 / 839)
• Eadwulf (Bamburgh) , ruler of Northumbria (878? -913)
• Eadwulf (Crediton) , Bishop of Crediton (around 909–934)
• Eadwulf (Elmham) , Bishop of Elmham (before 955-after 966)
• Eadwulf Cudel , Earl of Bernicia, (1016 – after 1020)
• Eadwulf III of Bamburgh , Earl of Bernicia, (1038-1041)

See also

• Ealdwulf
• Eardwulf

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE); on-line
2. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Old English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 2003, online