Herelufu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Harjalubu, from *hari (“army”) +‎ *lubu (“love”). Equivalent to here +‎ lufu. Cognate with Old High German Heriluba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.re.lu.fu/, [ˈhe.re.lu.fu]

Proper noun

Herelufu f

  1. a female given name
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      Þȳ ilcan ġēare forbarn Lundenbyriġ, ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare forðferdon tweġen ealdormenn, Æþelmǣr on Hāmtūnsċīre ⁊ Ēadwine on Sūþseaxum. ⁊ Æþelmǣres līc līð on Wintanċeastre on nīwan mynstre, ⁊ Ēadwines on þām mynstre æt Abbandūne. Þǣs ilcan ġēare forðferdon twā abbodessan on Dorsǣtum, Herelufu on Sċeaftesbyriġ ⁊ Wulfwin on Werhām.
      In the same year [982], London burned down, and in the same year, two princes passed away: Ethelmer in Hamptonshire and Edwin in Sussex. Ethemer's body lies in the new monastery in Winchester, and Edwin's in the monastery at Abingdon. In the same year, two abbesses passed away in Dorset: Herelufu in Shaftesbury and Wulfwin in Wareham.

References

  • Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 40
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