#cenwulf

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Cenwulf

Cenwulf is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of cen (keen) and wulf (wolf).

Variants:

Kenwulf [Sharon Turner 1807 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edition, 1: 178].

Cenwulf [Heinrich Meidinger 1833 Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten, 1st edition, page 510].

Cóenuulf [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 211].

Coenuulf [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 213].

Coenwulf [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 222].

Cœ̄nwulf [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 555].

Cénƿulf [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 73].

Prototheme:

Cᴇɴ = Kᴇᴇɴ, fierce, bold, warlike [Joseph Bosworth 1838 A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1st edition, page 75].

Deuterotheme:

Wulf = Wᴏʟꜰ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 187].

Usage:

Cenwulf was the name of a King of Mercia & Kent: “Her Cenwulf Miercna cyning forþferde and Ceolwulf feng to rice” [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 62, annal (A) 819]: “Here Cenwulf king of the Mercians died and Ceolwulf succeeded to the kingdom” (Edward Gomme 1909 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pages 51-52, annal 819 [A]).

[starrose17]

May as well advertise my own Cenwulf/Athelstan sweetly ending angstily fic with this gifset, as that's what it's all about: One Angel's Kiss.