Description
Sigulf
Old Norse Sigulfr (m.)
Sigulfr is a Scandinavian male personal name from Old Norse Sig- ‘victory’ and Old Norse -ulfr ‘wolf’. The name is possibly found in a Norwegian place-name and appears once in Jämtland (modern day Sweden) in 1347. The name is recorded in Sweden as runic sikulf and in the forms Sighulf, Sigell and possibly in the much contracted form Siel in Denmark.
Sigulfr is also the first element in the place-name Sileby, Leicestershire.
Old Norse Name
- Sigulfr
Anglicised Name
- Sigulf
Gender
- Male
Ascribed Culture
Collection
- Viking Names
Keywords
- male_name, personal-name
Further information
This object is related to
Sileby, Leicestershire.
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References
Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 194.
Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), pp. 235-236, 346, 351.