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Wolfhongles Surname Definition:

WOLFHONGLES: "At-Wolfhongles" occurs as a surname in H.R. Hangles is a Northern provincialism for a kind of crane for hanging a pot over the fire, from the Anglo-Saxon hongian, to hang. A wolf-hongles was probably a place where wolves had been hung in terrorem.

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WOLFHONGLES: "At-Wolfhongles" occurs as a surname in H.R. Hangles is a Northern provincialism for a kind of crane for hanging a pot over the fire, from the Anglo-Saxon hongian, to hang. A wolf-hongles was probably a place where wolves had been hung in terrorem. According to Saxo Grammaticus, it was the practice to hang a wolf with a parricide, and in Scandinavia and Germany wolves and dogs were frequently hung with criminals. Rorarius, a XVI. cent. writer, states, that he once saw two wolves hung from a gibbet in the forest between Cologne and Juliers, as an example to other wolves. N. and Q., April 23, 1859.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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