On Dec 23, 2004, at 9:09 PM, Joe wrote:
> Sally Caves wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe" <joe@...>
>>> Sally Caves wrote:
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
>>>>> Steg Belsky scripsit:
>>>>>> Does that mean that in Old English they talked about not just
>>>>>> _werewolves_, but _wifewolves_ too?
>>>> Probably wifwulf. The extra "e" is used mainly by Wulfstan.
>>> I assume he meant the modern English descendent of it.
>> LOL! Well, as far as I know, there is none! :) The *hypothetical*
>> modern English descendent.
> Of a hypothetical Old English antecedant, of course.
Exactly.
Since _wer_ became _were-_ in "werewolf", i hypothesized _wif_ becoming
*_wife-_ in *"wifewolf".
-Stephen (Steg)
"what is that, the jts themesong?"