werewulf

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *werawulf. By surface analysis, wer (“man”) +‎ wulf (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.reˌwulf/, [ˈwe.reˌwuɫf]

Noun

werewulf m

1. werewolf
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:werewulf.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	werewulf	werewulfas
accusative	werewulf	werewulfas
genitive	werewulfes	werewulfa
dative	werewulfe	werewulfum

Descendants

• Middle English: werwolf
  • English: werewolf
  • Scots: werwolf, warwolf, warwoof