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wylfen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wylfen, wylfenn, e; f.
A she-wolf,
literal
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  • Gif heó drinceþ wylfene meolc,

      Lchdm. i. 362, 13.
  • Wylfene

    beluae, bestiae maris,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 43.
figurative
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  • Wylfen

    Bellona, i. furia, dea belli, mater Martis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 41.
  • Réþre wylfenne

    dire parce,

      140, 53.
Etymology
[
Wummone wroð is wuluene, and mon wroð is wulf,
    A. R. 120, 9.
Leoun or uulf, uuluine or bere,
    Havel. 573.
M. H. Ger. wulfinne
:
Ger. wölfinn.
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  • wylfen, n.