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Ulfilas

Ulfilas

9.9
A Christian bishop who translated the Bible into Gothic and created the Gothic alphabet
  • proper noun
: Ulfilas
  • The Christian bishop Ulfilas translated the Bible into the Gothic language.

Examples

  • As a learned man, Ulfilas is often credited with developing the Gothic alphabet for his translations.

  • Many historians regard Ulfilas as a key figure in the spread of Christianity among the Visigoths.

  • The name is Princess Elspeth Ulfilas...

    Dragonslayer (1981)

Synonyms

Wulfila
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1 9.9

A Christian bishop of the Visigoths who created the Gothic alphabet and translated the Bible into Gothic

is the preferred spelling in this entry rather than that variant
Ulfila
vsUlfilas
9.9

A church leader who made the Gothic alphabet and translated the Bible into Gothic

is the chosen form here rather than the variant spellings
Bishop Ulfilas
vsUlfilas
9.9

A Christian bishop who translated the Bible into Gothic and made the Gothic alphabet

focuses on general identity without adding title or ancestral detail
Bishop Wulfila
vsUlfilas
9.9

A Christian bishop from Cappadocia who translated the Bible into Gothic and made the Gothic alphabet

notes the same roles but keeps a simpler, shorter biographical phrasing

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Ulfilas is a name from old Germanic parts wulf meaning 'wolf' and -ila meaning 'little', so the name means 'little wolf'. That image makes it easy to remember Ulfilas as the small 'wolf' bishop who translated the Bible into Gothic and helped create the Gothic alphabet.