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Wulf was one of the most prolific elements in early Germanic names. It could figure as the first element in dithematic names, as in Wulfstan, but especially as second element, in the form -ulf, -olf as in Cynewulf, Rudolph, Ludolf, Adolf etc., it was extremely common. Förstemann explains this as originally motivated by the wolf as an animal sacred to Wodanaz, but notes that the large number of names indicates that the element had become a meaningless suffix of male names at an early time.
Waring is an English surname with two derivation hypotheses: from the Frankish Warin, meaning 'guard,' via Norman French Guarin, or from the Anglo-Saxon Wæring, meaning 'confederate' or, more literally, 'oath companion.' Both hypotheses suggest that Wareing is a variant of this name. Notable people with the surname include:
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf.
Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England which typically made a grant of land or recorded a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s: the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the eighth century, surviving charters were increasingly used to grant land to lay people.
Penney is a common surname of British origin.
Buckley is a surname originating from either Ireland or England where it is particularly common, as well as Canada and the United States.
Helton is a forename and a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is derived from the family that lived in the village of Elton in Cheshire, England. The village's motto is Artibus et armis. It is also the name of a village in Cumbria, England. Variants of the name include: Eltone, Elton, and Ellton. People with the Helton surname or given name include:
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Moody is an English surname. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and also in areas of northeast England. There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular Orkney, although this variant, ending "ie", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of Ireland settled by the early English. Although the most intensive areas of occurrence match areas of dense Anglo-Saxon habitation post 1066, it is difficult to determine if the name is Anglo-Saxon or Nordic/Viking in origin, since all Germanic countries used the word 'Modig' or 'Mutig' to indicate someone who was bold, impetuous or brave. Surnames were increasingly given through the early Middle Ages to assist taxation and an increasing incidence of the name can be followed in such documents as the Hundred Rolls, early English charters and general medieval assizes associated with such actions as baronial struggles, Crusades or Angevin campaigns in France. In the Netherlands, there is a family name 'Mudde' derived from a Scottish immigrant Robert Moodie.
Dean is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. It is originally derived from the Old English word "denu" meaning "valley." Another common variant of this surname is Deane. The family originate from counties Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
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- ↑ Robertson, A. J. (17 December 2009). Anglo-Saxon Charters. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521178327 . Retrieved 28 February 2019– via Google Books.
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