Beornwulf
Beornwulf is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of beorn (bear) and wulf (wolf), cognate with Norse Bjo̧rnulfr and Icelandic Björnólfur. The same elements occur in Wulfbeorn.
Variants:
Beornwulf [Sharon Turner 1807 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edition, 1: 179].
Beornuulf [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 13].
Beornulf [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 54].
biarnulf [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 439].
bearnulf [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 450].
Beornƿulf [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, revised edition, page 43].
Prototheme:
Beorn = bear [Robert Ferguson 1883 Surnames as a Science, page 59].
Deuterotheme:
Wulf = Wᴏʟꜰ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 187].
Usage:
Beornwulf was the name of a King of Mercia [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, page 298]: “+BEORNᚹVLF REX” [Charles Keary 1887 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 1: 42, number 114].
