werwulf

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *werawulf. Equivalent to wer (“man”) +‎ wulf (“wolf”).

Noun

werwulf m

1. werewolf

Declension

Declension of werwulf (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	werwulf	werwulvos
accusative	werwulf	werwulvos
genitive	werwulves	werwulvō
dative	werwulve	werwulvum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: werwulf, werwolf, warwulf, bērwulf
  • German Low German: Weerwulf, Warwulf
  • → Icelandic: varúlfur
  • → Faroese: varúlvur
  • → Norwegian: varulv
  • → Swedish: varulv
  • → Danish: varulv