wulf

Meaning

1. wolf

2. late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

   ⁊ ēac þætte þrīe wulfas on ānre niht brōhton ānes dēades monnes līchoman binnan þā burg, ⁊ hiene þǣr siþþan tōbrugdon, ōþ þā men onwōcan, ⁊ ūt urnon, ⁊ hīe siþþan āweġ flugon.

   And on one night, three wolves brought the body of a dead man into the city, and then tore it to pieces, until the people awoke and ran out, and they ran away.

3. Wulf āna mæġ wulf ġefōn.

4. Wulf āna mæġ wulf ġefōn. Only a wolf can catch a wolf.; Only a wolf can catch a wolf.

5. Sē wulf ġestrangaþ þone heorot.

6. Sē wulf ġestrangaþ þone heorot. The wolf strengthens the deer.; The wolf strengthens the deer.

Declension