Middle English Dictionary Entry
wǒlfen n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wǒlfen n. Also (early SW or SWM) wulfene, wulvene, (NEM) wlvine; gen. (early) fulfune, (SW or SWM) wulfene, wulvene. |
| Etymology | OE wylfen n.; some exx. of gen. could also be construed as ME wǒlfen adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)265/5 : Se wifman þat habbæ dead bearn on innoþe, ȝif heo drinced fulfune [OE wylfene; L lupi catulli] meoluc mid wine ȝemenged ȝelice efne, sona hyt haleð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64/2-3 : Naueð ha bute as þeo þet is iwent to wuluene i godes ehnen, wuluene steuene in his lihte earen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64/27 : Wummon wrað is wuluene [Cleo: wulfene]; Mon wulf oðer liun.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)65/15 : Wið þet wuluene fel na þing þet ha deð nis gode licwurðe.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)573 : Him ne hauede grip or ern, Leoun or wlf, wluine or bere, Or oþer best þat wolde him dere.