• Eofor (Proto-Norse *Eburaz), son of Wonred, was a Geatish warrior in Beowulf. When the Swedes invaded Geatland (Götaland), the Geatish king Hæþcyn was...
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  • helps Beowulf slay the dragon. Wondred – the father of Eofor and Wulf. Wulf – the brother of Eofor. Wulfgar (wolf + spear) – the herald of Hroðgar, renowned...
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    Ongentheow is described as a fearsome warrior, and it took two Geatish warriors Eofor and Wulf Wonreding to take him down. The epic tells that the Geats under...
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    Hygelac, the new king of the Geats, attacked the Swedes: The Geatish warriors Eofor and Wulf Wonreding fought together against the hoary king Ongenþeow. Wulf...
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    to Hygd, and they had a son Heardred and an unnamed daughter who married Eofor. When Hygelac's brother Hæþcyn was fighting with the Swedes, Hygelac arrived...
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  • Swerting daughter Hreðel Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
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    warrior Eofor (who may be identical with Tunne). Eofor slew Ongenthow with his sword with a stab to the head that penetrated Ongenthows helmet. Eofor brought...
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    Eboracum became the Anglian Eoforwic in the 7th century: a compound of Eofor-, from the old name, and -wic "a village", probably by conflation of the...
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    population was 14,782. The name Everton is derived from the Saxon word eofor, meaning wild boar that lives in forests. In 1830, local historian Robert...
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  • Ireland) via Latin Eburacum > OE Eoforwīc (re-analysed by English speakers as eofor 'boar' with Old English wic appended at the end) > Old Norse Jórvík Basic...
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  • Hampshire. Its meaning, boar's wood, originates from the Old English words eofor meaning a boar, and leah which refers to an enclosure in a forest used for...
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    Eboracum became the Anglian Eoforwic in the 7th century: a compound of Eofor-, from the old name, and -wic, meaning "village", probably by conflation...
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  • Cain, Unferth's disabled slave Dominic Keating as Adult Cain Rik Young as Eofor Charlotte Salt as Estrith Leslie Harter Zemeckis as Yrsa Fredrik Hiller...
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  • Swerting daughter Hreðel Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
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  • rescued by Hygelac, who arrives the next day with reinforcements. His warrior Eofor kills the Swedish king. Hæþcyn is succeeded by Hygelac. Klaeber's Beowulf...
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  • Swerting daughter Hreðel Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
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    Swerting daughter Hreðel Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
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  • Swerting daughter Hreðel Herebeald Hæþcyn Hygelac daughter Ecgþeow Hygd Beowulf Heardred daughter Eofor...
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  • Droctelm, Dructildis, Druhtmar, Dructimund, Dructuin, Dructulf ebur, eber, eofor boar Y Eparpert/Everbert, Eureberga, Euurdag, Ebertrudis, Eparfrid, Eberger...
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    as Jǫfurfǫst and Jǫfurbjǫrn, attested in Swedish runic inscriptions, and Eofor, a Geat in Beowulf. In later sources, jǫfurr the meaning of 'boar' and has...
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  • refer only to males are masculine (e.g. hana "rooster," henġest "stallion," eofor "boar," fearr "bull," ramm "ram," and bucc "buck"), and animal names that...
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    Hebrew פרדח "grain"). Rather than from the Old English word for "boar", eofor (German Eber) Tolkien derives the word from eafor "packhorse", from a verb...
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  • List Paul Short film 2007 License to Wed Randy Additional scenes Beowulf Eofor Voice role Penchance to Dream Romeo Short film 2009 Without a Paddle: Nature's...
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  • holster) < earlier helustr < *hulestr < *hulistran (cf. Gothic hulistr) eofor "boar" < *eburaz (cf. Old High German ebur) heorot "hart" < *herutaz (cf...
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    as Evretone. Everton was originally a Danish settlement by the name of Eofor-tun. For the majority of its history Everton's inhabitants have been farmers...
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  • *eburaz (boar); by the 7th century the Old English for boar had become eofor, and Eboracum Eoforwic. The wic simply signified 'place'. When the Danish...
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    Biterolf und Dietleib Emerca, Embrica, Imbreke See Harlungen. Eofor Old English: Eofor Beowulf is generally considered to be based on historic people...
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    comments that this is based on the same tradition as Wulf ("wolf") and Eofor ("wild boar") and that the names are more authentic than the appellatives...
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    Ynglingatal, which was based on Eofor ("wild boar") killing the Swedish king Ongentheow in battle. Probably cognate with Eofor in Beowulf Ynglingatal, Historia...
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    name is derived from 'Eofor's Ham', meaning the 'ham' (home) of Eofor's people, who may have been a Saxon tribe in the area. Eofor is a Saxon word meaning...
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