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Osolf Surname Definition:

OSOLF: The common Old English personal name Oswulf (Old West Norse Asutfr, Old Swedish and Old Danish Asulf). Osolf filius Eadiue who witnessed Earl David's Inquisitio, c. 1124 (REG., 1) is probably the Osulf filius Ediue who with Osolf filius Elfstan witnessed King David's great charter to Melrose, a.

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Osolf Surname Meaning

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OSOLF: The common Old English personal name Oswulf (Old West Norse Asutfr, Old Swedish and Old Danish Asulf). Osolf filius Eadiue who witnessed Earl David's Inquisitio, c. 1124 (REG., 1) is probably the Osulf filius Ediue who with Osolf filius Elfstan witnessed King David's great charter to Melrose, a. 1153 (Nat. MSS., I, 17), The land of Osulf Wittburg was given to the Abbey of Kelso, c. 1140 (Kelso, 372).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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