#eileifr

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Eileifr

Eileifr is a Norse masculine name composed of ei (ever) and leif (legacy).

Variants:

Elaf [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Yorkshire): 4].

Eilaf [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Yorkshire): 28].

Ailof [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Lincolnshire): 578].

Æillaf [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 23].

Æilaf [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 47].

Ellaf [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 83].

Eileifr [Erik Lind 1905-1915 Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden, column 212].

Egilaf [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 16].

Ailaf [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 16].

Eiláfr [Gillian Jensen 1968 Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, page 74].

Æilæifʀ [Lena Peterson 2007 Nordiskt runnamnslexikon, page 261].

Prototheme:

EI, ey = ever [Guðbrandur Vigfússon 1874 An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, page 117]

Deuterotheme:

-leifr, -láfr = inheritance, son [Gillian Jensen 1968 Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, page 350].

Usage:

A man called Eilaf held land in Lincolnshire during the reign of King Eadweard III (the Confessor): “In Rᴀᴠᴇɴᴅᴀʟᴇ . ħᵬ Eilaf . ɪɪ . boũ t͛ræ ad glᵭ” [Philip Morgan & Caroline Thorn 1986 Domesday Book 31(Lincolnshire): chapter 47, paragraph 6]: “In Ravendale (Ravendale) Eilaf had two oxgangs of land to be taxed” [William Bawdwen 1809 Dom Boc 1 (Lincolnshire): 578].

[roibindallbhride]

I am super happy now! While I was listening to the copy of the Caligula’s Horse album I bought from ITunes, while also doing a little bit of trance work and exploring on the other side, I ran across an old friend of mine, Eileifr! 

Eileifr is a wolf companion of mine who used to help me travel around on the other side a hell of a lot easier than what I can do on my own, especially these days. He acted as a sort of a familiar of mine and we were pretty close when we spent time as well as work together. I haven’t seen him since the whole Frigga affair back in late 2014 to early 2015. 

I was sad to see him go but the whole thing with Frigga kind of messed things up to the point that I didn’t want much to do with anything connected to Norse spirituality for the longest time. Well that and Brigid and I needed to work on healing and re-developing our relationship. Which is something we’re still working on. 

Anyway, it’s good to see my old friend. I’m not sure if this is a sign of sorts that we’ll re-connect and start teaming up again or not but time may tell one way or another.

An interesting thing that came up while catching up with my old friend is of his origins. I remember believing that he was connected to Asgard and had some connection to Odin’s wolves, since he first showed up in my life towards the end of a period of time I spent learning from Odin. 

And while Eileifr has confirmed that he has some ties to Asgard that he doesn’t want to get into with me, as it’s a very painful subject for him, he all but admitted that he was a Jotun and hinted that he might be originally from Jarnvidr. Which would be so awesome if that turned out to be the case.