Wilfrith
Wilfrith is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of wil (will) and frith (peace), cognate with German Willifrid.
Variants:
Willifrid [Joseph Nicolson & Richard Burn 1777 The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland 2: 394].
Wilfred [Sharon Turner 1807 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edition, 2: 40].
Wilfrid [Sharon Turner 1807 The History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edition, 2: 40].
Uuilfrat [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 91].
Uilfrith [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 7].
Wilfridus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 7].
Vilfrid [Ludwig Ettmüller 1851 Vorda vealhstôd Engla and Seaxna, page 111].
Wilfriþ [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 40].
Wilfrith [Edmund McClure 1883 Notes and Queries, 6th series, 7: 382].
Uilfrið [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 137].
Wilfrið [Hugh Smith 1961 English Place-Name Society 35: 154].
Ƿilfriþ [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 104].
Willifrat [Keith Briggs 2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 289].
Note:
Wilfridus is a Latinized form.
Prototheme:
wil = will, resolution [Ernest Weekley 1939 Jack and Jill, 1st edition, page 30].
Deuterotheme:
frith = peace [Ernest Weekley 1939 Jack and Jill, 1st edition, page 29].
Usage:
Wilfrith I was a Bishop of York [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, pages 162 & 243]: “And Wilfriþ biscop wæs adrifen of his bisc̃ dome from Ecgferþe cyninge” [John Earle 1865 Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, 1st edition, page 40, annal (A) 678]: “and bishop Wilfrid was expelled from his bishopric by king Egferth” (Edward Gomme 1909 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, page 33, annal 678 [A]).
