ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚹᚢᛚᚦᚢᛉ (*wulþuʀ, “glory, glorious one, Ullr”) +‎ ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ, “slave, servant”). First element from Proto-Germanic *wulþuz (“glory”), second from *þewaz (“slave, servant”).

Proper noun

ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (owlþuþewaʀ /Wolþuþewaʀ/)

1. a male given name, meaning “servant of Ullr or Glory”
   • c. 200 AD, Thorsberg chape, found near Süderbrarup, Germany.

     ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ / ᚾᛁᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ
     owlþuþewaz / niwajemariz

     Wolþuþewaz / ni wajēmāriz

     Wolþuþewaz / not ill-famous [well-renowned]

Noun

ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (owlþuþewaʀ /Wolþuþewaʀ/)

1. A title meaning “servant of Ullr”.
   • c. 200 AD, Thorsberg chape, found near Süderbrarup, Germany.

     ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ / ᚾᛁᚹᚨᛃᛖᛗᚨᚱᛁᛉ
     owlþuþewaz / niwajemariz

     Wolþuþewaz / ni wajēmāriz

     The servant of Ullr / not ill-famous [well-renowned]

Usage notes

• As with many compound names attested in the early Runic period, is unclear whether this is a title or a given name.
• The first rune ᛟ has by some authors been read as a "Begriffsrune" for *ōþalą (“inheritance, property”), in which case the runes should be read "ᛟ ᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ", "property of Wulþuþewaz". If this were the case however, one would expect the name to be in the genitive.

Further reading

• KJ20 in the Runenprojekt Kiel