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Source-reportedMeaning: “battle” + “remainder, legacy”
From wīġ (“battle”) + lāf (“remainder, legacy”).
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- Wiktionary: WiglafCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“battle” + “remainder, legacy”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Wiglaf is a masculine given name documented in German and Old English. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““battle” + “remainder, legacy””.
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Meaning: “battle” + “remainder, legacy”
From wīġ (“battle”) + lāf (“remainder, legacy”).
aus dem Germanischen, bedeutend etwa: "Schlachtenüberlebender", ebenfalls zu finden in der englischen Beowulf-Sage
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WIGLAF— “war relic”
Vigleîk still subsists in the North, and so does Viglaf, relic of war, the same as that of Wiglaf, the chronicler.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section IV (War) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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