different between wolven vs wolve

English

Etymology

From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulf?n (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf +? -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine, wolf being a cognate of Latin lupus and -en being a doublet of -ine.

Adjective

wolven (comparative more wolven, superlative most wolven)

1. Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
   • 2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her:

     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.

   • 2009, Kate Douglas, Wolf Tales VIII:

     Not a very wolven gesture, but somehow apropos.

   • 2011, Gill McKnight, Indigo Moon:

     “What I mean is, this marking you and hiding you away, it's very wolven. [...]"

Noun

wolven (plural wolven)

1. One who is wolflike in appearance or character.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lv?(n)/
• Rhymes: -?lv?n

Noun

wolven

1. Plural form of wolf

West Frisian

Noun

wolven

1. plural of wolf

English

Etymology

From inflected stem of wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?lv/
• Rhymes: -?lv

Verb

wolve (third-person singular simple present wolves, present participle wolving, simple past and past participle wolved)

1. To behave like a wolf.
2. Of an organ, to make a hollow whining sound like that of a wolf.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 784:

     he had returned to his schoolboy's script, to distant Evensongs, to the wolving of the ancient chapel organ as the last light is extinguished and the door latched for the long night.

Anagrams

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