![]() In both languages, wolf has the additional meaning indicating wildness. Both Englisc and Old Norse have a separate word for a she-wolf: wylf and ylgr respectively. ![]() The word wulf / Ășlfr refers to male wolf. It is thought that in Northern Europe, a process of taboo deformation ritually replaced the original word *wlkwos derived from *wark - to tear. ![]() The Old English word wulf and the Old Norse Ășlfr derives from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wlqwos / lukwos. ![]()
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