Possibly means "bee wolf" (in effect equal to "bear") from Old English beo "bee" and wulf "wolf". This is the name of the main character in the anonymous 8th-century epic poem 'Beowulf'. The poem tells how Beowulf slays the monster Grendel and its mother, but goes on to tell how he is killed in his old age fighting a dragon. Beowulf is an Old English name that means "bear". It is believed that it comes from the two words "beo" which means "bee" and "wulf" which means "wolf". It is believed that Beowulf or "the wolf that eats honey" was the term that was used for bears in Old English.
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