wulfhereとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”).

固有名詞

Wulfhere m

1. a male given name
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     In ðā ilcan tīd wǣron in Ēastseaxna mǣġðe æfter Swiðhelme, bī þǣm wē ǣr beforan sǣġdon, tweġen cyningas Siġhere ⁊ Sebbe, þēah hē hēo Wulfhere Mercna cyninge underþēodde wǣren in hērnesse.

     At this time there were two kings in the nation of the East-Saxons, Sighere and Sebbe, who came after Swithhelm, whom we have mentioned before, though they were subjects of Wulfhere, king of Mercia.

   • "Widsith":

     Wulfhere sōhte iċ ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þǣr wīġ ne ālæġ,
     þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum,
     ymb Wistlawudu wergan sċeoldon
     ealdne ēþelstōl Ætlan lēodum.

     I sought Wulfhere and Wyrmhere; battle did not abate there
     when the Gothic army with hard swords
     had to defend in the Vistula woods
     their ancient homeland from Attila's folk.

参照

• Electronic Sawyer S 1203 (Eardwulf to Wighelm; grant of 1 sulung and a 'yokelet' at Hamme (? Ham in Romney Marsh, Kent), in return for 120 mancuses of gold; with confirmation by Archbishop Plegmund, A.D. 890 x 923. The land had been given to Eardwulf by King Alfred), Wulfhere is mentioned as "Wulfhere" in the text section and the old text section.
• George Stephens (1884) Handbook of the Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, London: Williams and Norgate, →OL, pages 129-130