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▪ I. † ˈwolfen, n. Obs. rare.
Forms: 1 wylfen, 3 wuluene, wluine, 6 Sc. wolfyne.
[OE. wylfen, of which the normal representative would be *wilven; f. wulf wolf n. + -en2. Cf. MHG. wülvinne (G. wölfin), MDu. wolvinne (Du. wolvin), Da. ulvinde, etc.]
A she-wolf.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 362 Ᵹif he drinceð wylfene meolc. a1225Ancr. R. 120 Wummone wroð is wuluene, & mon wroð is wulf. Ibid., Þeo þet is iwend te wuluene, i Godes eien, & is ase wuluene stefne in his swete earen. c1300Havelok 573 Leoun or wlf, wluine or bere. 15..Henryson's Trial of Fox 107 (Bannatyne MS.), The..wildcat, & the wild wolfyne.
▪ II. ˈwolfen, a. rare—1.
[f. wolf n. + -en4.]
Pertaining to a wolf, wolfish.
1810W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXIX. 320 To wreathe anew the bonds of love, Which strife with wolfen tooth No more shall gnaw in twain. |