"The Wild" is an
epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...
applied to:
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Eadric the Wild (), Anglo-Saxon magnate who led the resistance to the Norman Conquest
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John V, Count of Hoya
John V, Count of Hoya ( – 10 April 1466), nicknamed ''the Pugnacious'', or ''the Wild'', was the ruling Count of Hoya from 1426 until his death. He was the son of Count Eric I of Hoya and his wife Helen, the daughter of Duke Magnus II Tor ...
(c. 1395–1466)
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Cyledr Wyllt, a warrior and madman in Welsh mythology and in the Arthurian tale ''Culhwch and Olwen''
See also
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Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1712-1757), nicknamed the "Wild Margrave"
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List of people known as the Mild
The epithet "the Mild" may refer to:
* Gautrekr the Mild, a legendary Geatish king
*Halfdan the Mild, a Norwegian petty king of Romerike and Vestfold
*Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1416), a prince during the latter part of his ...
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