wulf
- noun [ masculine ]
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Wulf lupus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 32 : i. 77, 77 : licos, 22, 61 :
lupa,
ii.- 51, 29.
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Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge somed ábregde,
- Cd. Th. 137, 20; Gen. 2276.
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Wulf sceal on bearowe,
- Menol. Fox 496; Gn. C. 18.
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Sceal hine wulf etan, hár hǽðstapa,
- Exon. Th. 328, 5; Vy. 12.
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Se hára wulf,
- 291, 15; Wand. 82.
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Wulfes gehléþan,
- 499, 30; Rä. 88, 23.
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Reáfiende wulfas,
- Mt. Kmbl. 7, 15.
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Ic (
the shepherd
) stande ofer míne sceáp mid hundum ðe læs wulfas forswelgen hig,- Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 15.
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Wulfa geþot
ululatus,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 24.
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Sume wurdon tó wulfan; ða ðuton ðonne hí spræcan sceoldon,
- Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36 : Met. 26, 79.
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Swá sceáp gemang wulfas,
- Mt. Kmbl. 10, 16.
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Wineleás, wonsǽlig mon genimeþ wulfas tó geféran,
- Exon. Th. 342, 25; Gn. Ex. 147. ¶ in
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Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde,
- Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 206.
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Ðæt grǽge deór, wulf on wealde,
- Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 14.
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Fyrdleóð ágól wulf on walde,
- Elen. Kmbl. 55; El. 28.
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Wulf sang áhóf, holtes gehléða,
- 224; El. 112.
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Wulfas sungon atol ǽfenleóð ǽtes on wénan,
- Cd. Th. 188, 7; Exod. 164.
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Se mǽsta dǽl ðæs heriges læg, hilde gesǽged, wulfum tó willan, Judth. Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 296. ¶ an early admiration for the wolf seems shewn by the frequency of wulf in proper names; see e. g. Txts. 554 sqq. ; and its presence in early England is marked by the numerous place-names; see e. g. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. Index. I a. in the phrase wulfes heáfod (v. wulfheáfod-treów), used in reference to outlaws :-- Si postea repertus fuerit et teneri possit, vivus regi reddatur, vel caput ipsius, si se defenderit; lupinum enim caput geret a die utlagacionis sue, quod ab Anglis
uuluesheued
nominatur. Et hec sententia communis est de omnibus utlagis,- L. Ed. C. 6; Th. i. 445. 4.
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Cf. wearg,
and see
- Grmm. R. A. 734.
- Se biscop cwæþ tó ðæm hǽþnan kásere : 'Ne gang ðú ná on Godes hús; ðú hafast besmitene handa, and ðú eart deófles wulf,' Shrn. 58, 9.
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Se áwyrgda wulf (
the devil
),- Exon. Th. 16, 21; Cri. 256.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wulf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36812.
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