Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPrefixed to animal names to indicate a human that shapeshifts into that animal.
Back-formation from werewolf (“man-wolf”), from Old English werewulf, derived from wer (“man”) + wulf (“wolf”).
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- Inherited-form mentionwerewulfang
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