wolven
nounEtymology From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.
wolven
adjEtymology From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.
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Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
- But the shepherd does protect the sheep from the wolf: therefore, few fall to feed the wolven cubs, the remaining sheep living long to rear more lambs and provide us with wool.2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her:
- Not a very wolven gesture, but somehow apropos.2009, Kate Douglas, Wolf Tales VIII:
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- “What I mean is, this marking you and hiding you away, it's very wolven. [...]"2011, Gill McKnight, Indigo Moon: