wylf

Old English

Alternative forms

• ᚹᚣᛚᛁᚠ (wylif) — Franks Casket

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wulbi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wylf/, [wyɫf]

Noun

wylf f

1. she-wolf

   Synonym: wylfen

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wylf	wylfe, wylfa
accusative	wylf, wylfe	wylfe, wylfa
genitive	wylfe	wylfa
dative	wylfe	wylfum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wylf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.