wulf

See also: wülf, Wulf, and Wülf

Gothic

Romanization

wulf

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆

Middle English

Noun

wulf

1. Alternative form of wolf

Old English

Twēġen wulfas on þām snāwe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wulf/, [wuɫf]

Noun

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.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wulf	wulfas
accusative	wulf	wulfas
genitive	wulfes	wulfa
dative	wulfe	wulfum

Derived terms

Common nouns

• werewulf (“werewolf”)
• wulfheort (“savage”)
• wylfen (“she-wolf”)

Names

• Ǣġenwulf
• Æsċwulf
• Æþelwulf
• Baduwulf
• Baldwulf
• Beadowulf
• Beorhtwulf
• Beornwulf
• Bēowulf
• Burgwulf
• Ċēolwulf
• Cūþwulf
• Cynewulf
• Denewulf
• Dēorwulf
• Ēadwulf
• Ealdwulf
• Ēanwulf
• Eardwulf
• Eċġwulf
• Eoforwulf
• Gārwulf
• Hēahwulf
• Herewulf
• Hroþwulf
• Hyġewulf
• Mōdwulf
• Nōþwulf
• Ordwulf
• Rǣdwulf
• Sǣwulf
• Siġewulf
• Stānwulf
• Stīþwulf
• Swiþwulf
• Tīdwulf
• Torhtwulf
• Þēodwulf
• Wulfgār
• Wulfġēat
• Wulfġifu
• Wulfgȳþ
• Wulfheard
• Wulfhere
• Wulfhild
• Wulflāf
• Wulfnoþ
• Wulfrǣd
• Wulfrīc
• Wulfrūn
• Wulfsiġe
• Wulfstān
• Wulfswiþ
• Wulfþrȳþ
• Wulfweard
• Wulfwiġ
• Wulfwine
• Wulfwyn
• Wulfwynn
• Wynnwulf

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• wolf

Etymology

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

Noun

wulf

1. wolf

Declension

wulf (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	wulf	wulfos
accusative	wulf	wulfos
genitive	wulfes	wulfō
dative	wulfe	wulfum
instrumental	—	—

References

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