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The nature of the eponymous hero of Beowulf has long been disputed. Was he drawn from the stock of traditional heroes or was he the poet's invention? So far, answers to this question have been given on exclusively literary-critical rather than onomastic grounds. This article argues that the usage of the name 'Biuuulf' (Beowulf) in the seventh century suggests that legends of Beowulf existed well before the composition of our extant poem. Considered in the immediate context of the Liber Vitae Dunelmensis in which it appears, the name 'Biuuulf' can be seen to conform to a recognizable pattern: it is one of several names containing words uncommon in or foreign to the Anglo-Saxon onomasticon, which appear to have been used due to familiarity with heroic-legendary traditions. Names like Ætla, Offa, Hama, Ingeld, Theodric, and Wyrmhere deviate from statistically demonstrable name-giving trends; so does the name Beowulf. These names were likely given in accordance with a custom, previously adumbrated by H. M. Chadwick and Patrick Wormald, in which children were named after characters from heroic legend. I conclude that the monk named Beowulf was named after the same traditional hero whom a later poet placed at the center of a heroic-elegiac masterpiece.

PALM BEACH: Medal A: S Misdale (10) 66. Scr: S Rigney 72. B: T Montefiore (16) 60. Scr: P Aroney 77. C: C Guard (21) 63. Scr: C Hughesdon 84. D: A Moore (29) 67. Scr: R Dieters 102. Jnr: L Warrender (33) 63. Scr: Z Telfer 104. RYDE-PARRAMATTA: Medal A: S Jo (9) 70. Scr: C McGowen 76. B: S Delprado (15) 69. Scr: D Son 86. C: A Young (22) 67. Scr: M Taylor 89. D: R Fitzgerald (32) 67. Scr: R Gum 96. Trophy: R Fitzgerald (32) 67 cb. C'ship A: R Easterbrook 301. Hcp: K Moodley (5) 289. Res: J Song 335. Hcp: G Squire (10) 295. B: M Gu 347. Hcp: P McGiven (16) 292. C: B Sanders 365. Hcp: D Pickering (21) 293. D: G Clyne 383. Hcp: B McLoughlin (28) 280. Snr: G Hickey 324. Veteran: J Morling 366. Jnr: H Doig 316. Hcp: T Popov (20) 304. WALLACIA: Medal A: M Ryan (11) 68. Scr: P Blain 73. B: G Blair (14) 64. Scr: J Hind 83. C: T Zammit (24) 68. Scr: G Vine 89. Oct B: S Francis (14) 78. Scr: P Williams 85. Medal of Medallists A: M Batup (7) 74 cb. B: M Ryan (11) 68. C: T Zammit (24) 68. C'ship A: C Moreton 290. Hcp: R Grdusiak (7) 269. B: W Hutt 331. Hcp: P Disandro (17) 271. C: B Hooley 360. Hcp: R Maher (24) 286. Veteran: J Batman 300. Hcp: P Disandro (17) 271.

  She leaves her husband of 50 years, George M. Pape; two daughters, Cynthia L. Morrow and her companion, Richard E. Chadwick, of Sterling and Georganne M. Schmutzer and her husband, Christian, of La Crescenta, Calif.; a son, Edward H.