Obs. rare. Forms: 1 wylfen, 3 wuluene, wluine, 6 Sc. wolfyne. [OE. wylfen, of which the normal representative would be *wilven; f. wulf WOLF sb. + -EN2. Cf. MHG. wülvinne (G. wölfin), MDu. wolvinne (Du. wolvin), Da. ulvinde, etc.] A she-wolf.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 362. Ʒif he drinceð wylfene meolc.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 120. Wummone wroð is wuluene, & mon wroð is wulf. Ibid. Þeo þet is iwend te wuluene, i Godes eien, & is ase wuluene stefne in his swete earen.
c. 1300. Havelok, 573. Leoun or wlf, wluine or bere.
15[?]. Henryson’s Trial of Fox, 107 (Bannatyne MS.). The … wildcat, & the wild wolfyne.
