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• 1 Old Norse
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Declension
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
    * 1.3.4 Descendants

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• úlfr

From Proto-Norse *ᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*wulfaʀ) (attested in compound names), from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Old Saxon wulf, Old Frisian wolf, Old English ƿulf, wulf, Old High German wolf, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs).

ulfr m (genitive ulfs, plural ulfar)

1. wolf

• Ulfr, Úlfr (“Wolf”) (male given names)
• ylgr f (“she-wolf”)
• Icelandic: úlfur
• Faroese: úlvur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulv; (dialectal) úv'e, olv, ålv
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulv
• Elfdalian: ulv
• Old Swedish: ulver
  • Swedish: ulv
• Old Danish: ulv
  • Danish: ulv
• Gutnish: ulv, ålv

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• Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
• Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse
• Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wĺ̥kʷos
• Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
• Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
• Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
• Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse
• Old Norse lemmas
• Old Norse nouns
• Old Norse masculine nouns
• Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns
• non:Canids