English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “wolf” + “stone”
wulf (“wolf”) + stān (“stone”)
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- Wiktionary: WulfstanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“wolf” + “stone”
[ˈwuɫfˌstɑːn] · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Wulfstan is a masculine given name documented in Old English and Norwegian. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““wolf” + “stone””.
Meaning: “wolf” + “stone”
wulf (“wolf”) + stān (“stone”)
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WULFSTAN— “wolf stone”
WULFSTAN, _m._ _A.S._ Teu. wolf stone, 335
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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bishop of London; bishop of Worcester; archbishop of York
bishop of Worcester and saint
traveller and trader (fl. 9. century)
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