Wylf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wylf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: brim-wylf,

Definitions

1 wylf

f. A she-wolf :-- Wylf lupa, Txts. 75, 1260. Fǽddæ hiǽ wylif in Rómæcæstri, 127, 2. [Cf. O. H. Ger. wulpa lupa : Icel. ylgr a she-wolf.] and next word. wylf

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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