Wulfgar

Wulfgar, Wolfgar and Wolfger are variants of an Old High German masculine given name meaning "wolf-spear".[1][2] They may refer to:

Historical

  • Wolfgar (bishop of Würzburg), a 9th-century bishop
  • Wolfger von Erla, a 12th-century bishop
  • Wulfgar of Abingdon, a 10th-century abbot
  • Wulfgar of Lichfield, a mid 10th century bishop
  • Wolfger of Prüfening, a 12th-century monk and historian
  • Wulfgar of Ramsbury, a medieval bishop

Fictional

  • Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms), one of the Companions of the Hall from the Icewind Dale Trilogy
  • Wulfgar, the herald of Hroðgar, a character in Beowulf
  • Wulfgar, the villain in the 1981 Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks
  • Wulfgar, one of the Greybeards in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

References

  1. ^ Wilfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Vol. 4: Sc–Z (De Gruyter, 2003), p. 495.
  2. ^ Beate Varnhorn, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen (Bertelsmann, 2008), p. 309.
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