wulf

wulf

1. romanization of 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆

wulf

1. alternative form of wolf

From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

• IPA^(key): /wulf/, [wuɫf]

wulf m

1. wolf
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ ēac þætte þrīe wulfas on ānre niht brōhton ānes dēades monnes līchoman binnan þā burg, ⁊ hiene þær siþþan tōbrugdon, oþ þā men onwōcan, ⁊ ūt urnon, ⁊ hīe siþþan aweġ flugon.

     And on one night, three wolves brought the body of a dead man into the city, and then tore it to pieces, until the people awoke and ran out, and they ran away.

   Wulf āna mæġ wulf ġefōn.

   Only a wolf can catch a wolf.

   Sē wulf ġestrangaþ þone heorot.

   The wolf strengthens the deer.

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: wolf, wolfe, woulf, wulf
  • English: wolf
    • → Ido: volfo (also from German)
    • → Marshallese: oļip
  • Middle Scots: wolf, woulf
    • Scots: wouf, oof, ouf, woof

• wolf

From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

wulf

1. wolf

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)