Olaf

• aleph: the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from which is derived alpha, or A, the first letter of the Greek alphabet

• O: omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet → the O recalls the beginning of the Anna Livia Plurabelle chapter, "O tell me all about Anna Livia" → FW 196.01 O

• Olaf: according to Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, Topographica Hibernica), three Danish brothers, Aulaf (or Olaf), Sitric and Ivar founded Dublin, Waterford and Limerick, though this is now known to be untrue; Olaf was the name of at least three kings of Dublin, though their precise identities are still a matter of conjecture
  • Olaf the White: (Olaf the Young?) the first Danish king of Dublin (853-873); apparently he did have two brothers, Ivar the Boneless and Audgisl (Auisle or Hásli), both of whom were his co-regents at various times; this is probably the source of Gerald's garbled legend of the three brothers
  • Eolair: a shadowy figure who claimed the throne of Dublin in 886; his name may be an Irish form of Olaf or Alaric; he has been identified sometimes with Olaf the Young
  • Olaf II: a great-grandson of Ivar the Boneless, he reigned in Dublin from 934-941
  • Olaf III of the Sandals: Amlaíb Cúarán in Irish, he reigned in Dublin from 945-980; he too was a great-grandson of Ivar the Boneless; he was also the king of York in England, and has been identified with both Shakespeare's Hamlet and Havelok the Dane
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  • Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition