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wæl-wulf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæl-wulf, es; m.
as an epithet of a warrior,
a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf
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  • Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96.
as an epithet of a cannibal,
a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf
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  • Wælwulfas bánhringas ábrecan Jóhton, tólýsan líc and sáwle, and ðonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste fǽges flǽschoman,

      Andr. Kmbl. 297; An. 149.
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