Guilfrei
Galician
Witnesses to a Galician charter dated in 961: Mirellus, Viliefredus, Sedeges, Euenandus, Adolinus, Sedonius, Victimirus, Ermoygus, Lucidus, Petrus, Utantio, Menendus, Ueremudus, Prouecindus, Ermegildus, Eldebredus, Trasuarius, Adulfus, Eruigius, Sisnandus, Berane, Astrulfus, Riquila, Petrus.
Etymology
From a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Late Latin Viliefredi, genitive of the personal name Viliefredus; from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljafriþuz, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) and *friþuz (“peace”).[1]
Compare Catalan Guifré and English Wilfred.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡilˈfɾej/
Proper noun
Guilfrei
- A parish of Becerreá, Lugo, Galicia.
See also
References
- “Guilfrei” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2014) Antroponimia medieval galega (ss. VIII–XII), De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 451