"wolven" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wolven [comparative], most wolven [superlative]
Etymology: 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, wolf being a cognate of Latin lupus and -en being a doublet of -ine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wolven}} Middle English wolven, {{inh|en|ang|wylfen|t=wolfish}} Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wulfīn|t=wolfish}} Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), {{af|en|wolf|-en<id:resembling>}} wolf + -en, {{piecewise doublet|en|lupine}} Piecewise doublet of lupine, {{cog|la|lupus}} Latin lupus Head templates: {{en-adj}} wolven (comparative more wolven, superlative most wolven)
  1. Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
    Sense id: en-wolven-en-adj-EE-rsYeZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (resembling), Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (resembling): 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47

Noun

Forms: wolven [plural]
Etymology: 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, wolf being a cognate of Latin lupus and -en being a doublet of -ine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wolven}} Middle English wolven, {{inh|en|ang|wylfen|t=wolfish}} Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wulfīn|t=wolfish}} Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), {{af|en|wolf|-en<id:resembling>}} wolf + -en, {{piecewise doublet|en|lupine}} Piecewise doublet of lupine, {{cog|la|lupus}} Latin lupus Head templates: {{en-noun|wolven}} wolven (plural wolven)
  1. One who is wolflike in appearance or character.
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