Noun: wulf
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | wulf |
| Plural | wulfas |
Genitive
| Singular | wulfes |
| Plural | wulfa |
Dative
| Singular | wulfe |
| Plural | wulfum |
Accusative
| Singular | wulf |
| Plural | wulfas |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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⁊ 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.)
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Wulf āna mæġ wulf ġefōn. (Only a wolf can catch a wolf.)
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Sē wulf ġestrangaþ þone heorot. (The wolf strengthens the deer.)
Nouns inflected like wulf
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Verbs referencing "wulf"
English Nouns
wolf, Middle English Nouns
wolf, Latin Nouns
lupus, Ancient Greek Nouns
λύκος, Gothic Nouns
𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃.
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