In early Germanic paganism, *Wulþuz ("glory"; Old Norse Ullr) appears to have been a major god, or an epitheton of an important god, in prehistoric times. The term wolþu- "glory", possibly in reference to the god,'s attested on the 3rd century Thorsberg chape (as owlþu-), but medieval Icelandic sources have only sparse material on Old Norse Ullr. The Old English cognate wuldor means "glory" but isn't used as a proper name, although it figures frequently in kennings for the Ch… (More on Ullr)