"Eardwulf" meaning in Old English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑrdˌwulf/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌwuɫf] Forms: Ærdulf [alternative], Eardulf [alternative]
Etymology: From eard (“homeland, earth, land”) and wulf (“wolf”). Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Eardwulf|sort=}} Eardwulf m, {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Eardwulf}} Eardwulf m
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Eardwulf-ang-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old English given names, Old English male given names, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45
  2. Eardwulf of Northumbria; an Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Eardwulf-ang-name-sBGPj3kl Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From eard (“homeland, earth, land”) and wulf (“wolf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ærdulf",
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      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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        "g3": "",
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-Eardwulf-ang-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "23 77",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].",
          "translation": "Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.",
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        "Eardwulf of Northumbria; an Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑrdˌwulf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌwuɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eardwulf"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English proper nouns",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From eard (“homeland, earth, land”) and wulf (“wolf”).",
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      "form": "Ærdulf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eardulf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "name": "ang-proper noun"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        "Old English male given names"
      ],
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      ],
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          "given name"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].",
          "translation": "Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑrdˌwulf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌwuɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eardwulf"
}

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