[antir-heralds] Name Check - Offa Wulfsen

[Owen ap Morgan]

Britt wrote:
>> Male client is wishing the name Offa Wulfsen. My brief research is limited
>> to the obvious online resources.
. . .
> Wulfsson might be trickier.  Wulf- seems to be a prototheme, the first
> half of an Anglo Saxon personal name (I'm finding many female names
> that are Wulf-something) but might not be a name on its own.

Searle's /Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum/ lists 'Wulf' as an independent name 
and cites one instance from c. 1054.  It can also be used to document 
'Offa', with dated instances ranging from c. 500 to c. 940.  Note further 
that Searle is on the no-photocopy list.

Owen ap Morgan