Topic summary
Wulfing
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Wulfings.
Known Wulfings
- Ylfur or Úlfur, possible ancestor of the clan, based on clans being named after an ancestor.
- Helm Wulfingum ("Helm of the Wulfings"), mentioned in Widsith.
- Heaðolaf (Beowulf)
- Helgi Hundingsbane (Edda, Völsunga saga and Norna-Gests þáttr)
- Hjörvard Ylfing (e.g. Heimskringla and Sögubrot)
- Hjörmund (e.g. Heimskringla and Sögubrot)
- Högne (e.g. Heimskringla)
- Hildur, the son of Högne (e.g. Heimskringla)
- Eric the Wise (Skáldskaparmál and the Lay of Hyndla)
- Rikiwulf ("The rich and powerful wolf"), settled in Flanders in 876 near present Tielt, where he built Rikiwulfinga-haim.
- Wealhþeow, the queen of the Danish king Hroðgar, in Beowulf.