ᚺᛡᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚺᛡᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛉ (*hᴀeruwulafʀ) + -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, nominal suffix denoting origin or descent). Equivalent to earlier *ᚺᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚠᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*heruwulfijaʀ), from *ᚺᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*heruwulfaʀ) + -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ).

Proper noun

ᚺᛡᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛁᛉ (hᴀeruwulafiʀ /Hearuwulᵃfīʀ/) m (Transitional Period)

  1. the descendant or son of Heruwulfaz/Hearuwulfʀ
    • 550-600, inscription on the Istaby Runestone (DR 359, KJ98)
      ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉᚺᛡᚱᛁᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᚨ ¶ ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛉᚺᛡᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛁᛉ ¶ ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏᚱᚢᚾᛡᛉᚦᛡᛁᛡᛉ
      AfatʀhAriwulafa ¶ hAþuwulafʀhAeruwulafiʀ ¶ warAitrunAʀþAiAʀ
      afᵃtr Hariwulᵃfa, Haþuwulᵃfʀ Hearuwulᵃfīʀ, wᵃrait rūnaʀ þaiaʀ
      In memory of Hariwulfʀ, Haþuwulfʀ, the descendant of Hearuwulfʀ, wrote these runes.

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