Munulf

Male
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Discussion of the name

Munulf is a name of uncertain derivation that von Feilitzen regarded as of either Old Swedish or Continental Germanic origin (1937: 331; followed by Rumble 1986: DB 4,15 Note; cf. Björkman 1910: 97). Von Feilitzen did not offer an analysis of the elements and Förstemann (1990: 1136-8; cf. Morlet 1968: 170) regarded the first element of the putative CG form as uncertain, but in either case the second element is clearly one meaning ‘wolf’. Although a resolution does not appear possible on purely philological grounds, however, it should be noted that while both OSw and CG names would be unusual in pre-Conquest England a priest such as Munulf 2 is perhaps more likely to have had CG name.

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Bibliography

Björkman 1910: Erik Björkman, Nordische Personennamen in England in alt- und frühmittel-englischer Zeit, Studien zur englischen Philologie 37 (Halle an der Saale, 1910; reprinted Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1973)

Förstemann 1900: E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Erster Band: Personennamen (Bonn, 1900)

Morlet 1968: Marie-Thérèse Morlet, Les Noms de personne sur le territoire de l’ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle, I: Les noms issus du germanique continental et les creations gallo-germaniques (Paris: Editions de Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1968)

Rumble 1986: Domesday Book 34: Suffolk, ed. A. Rumble (Chichester, 1986)

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Monulfus, Munolf, Munulfus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Munulf

  Phillimore edition: Munulf

  Alecto edition: Munulf

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Suffolk 26,5 Buxhall Monulfus Munulf the priest Wulfric, abbot of Ely William de Warenne Humphrey fitzRodric 0.67 0.60 0.60 D Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton Munulfus Munulf the priest unnamed antecessor of Earl Hugh Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.67 0.50 1.00 C Map
Suffolk 4,42 Framlingham Monulfus Munulf the priest Æthelmær, bishop of Elmham Hugh, earl - 1.33 1.68 1.68 C Map
Totals

Lord 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Suffolk 26,5 Buxhall Monulfus 4 free men Munulf William de Warenne Humphrey fitzRodric 0.02 0.00 0.00 B Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Brunwine 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 C Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Ælfheah 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 C Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Leofric 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 D Map
Suffolk 4,42 Framlingham - 6 free men and 4 half-free men Munulf Hugh, earl - 0.25 0.32 0.32 D Map
Totals