Re: Werewolf

Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson writes:
>...
> As it happens _ulf(s)hamr_ and _vera í ulf(s)hami_ '(to be in)
> wolfs-shape' is the more usual expression in Old Norse.  Indeed it
> seems _varulfr_ is not attested in ON!  This may or may not affect
> your decision WRT Þrjótrunn.  Anyway it clearly implies a man in
> wolf-shape rather than a wolf in man-shape.
>...
Hmhm.  I could indeed think about borrowing or influence on compound
order.  This is hard to decide, I don't know what could have happened.
I quite like my current 'hömnilupur'.  But if you have hints that
'ulfshamr' was in frequent use when Latin came and if that lacked a
(colloquial) word for it at that time, then I think I should consider
an influence.  Either a loan or structural influence,
e.g. '*lupiformis'?

**Henrik