Wulfgar Explained

Wulfgar, Wolfgar and Wolfger are variants of an Old High German masculine given name meaning "wolf-spear".^{[1] [2]} They may refer to:

Historical

• Wolfgar (bishop of Würzburg), a 9th-century bishop
• Wolfger von Erla, a 12th-century bishop
• Wulfgar of Abingdon, a 10th-century abbot
• Wulfgar of Lichfield, a mid 10th century bishop
• Wolfger of Prüfening, a 12th-century monk and historian
• Wulfgar of Ramsbury, a medieval bishop

Fictional

• Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms), one of the Companions of the Hall from the Icewind Dale Trilogy
• Wulfgar, the herald of Hroðgar, a character in Beowulf
• Wulfgar, the villain in the 1981 Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks
• Wulfgar, one of the Greybeards in

Notes and References

1. Wilfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Vol. 4: Sc–Z (De Gruyter, 2003), p. 495.
2. Beate Varnhorn, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen (Bertelsmann, 2008), p. 309.