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Re: wifwolves?

#81600 09/26/2002 2:17 PM

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FishonaBike

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the were- is from the OE, wer, male human, cognate with the Latin vir

I'd always assumed the were- bit was related to weird, whch also ties in with fate (Weird Sisters), magic and change. All the meanings attached to wyrd work really well in this context, and you can imagine wyrdwolf (for instance) becoming wyrwolf then werewolf. Almost seems a shame if it's wrong.

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Musings on the Harvest Moon WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2002 3:01 AM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon modestgoddess 09/24/2002 3:06 AM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon WhitmanO'Neill 09/24/2002 3:30 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon FishonaBike 09/24/2002 10:06 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon Alex Williams 09/25/2002 2:04 AM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon WhitmanO'Neill 09/25/2002 2:13 AM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon Alex Williams 09/25/2002 5:35 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon Alex Williams 09/25/2002 7:23 PM

Sexist wolves FishonaBike 09/26/2002 9:50 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? Faldage 09/26/2002 10:15 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? Alex Williams 09/26/2002 10:25 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? FishonaBike 09/26/2002 10:34 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? FishonaBike 09/26/2002 10:27 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? Faldage 09/26/2002 10:40 AM

Re: Sexist wolves? WhitmanO'Neill 09/26/2002 1:54 PM

Re: wifwolves? Faldage 09/26/2002 2:01 PM

Re: wifwolves? WhitmanO'Neill 09/26/2002 2:10 PM

Re: wifwolves? Faldage 09/26/2002 2:18 PM

Re: wifwolves? FishonaBike 09/26/2002 2:17 PM

Re: Werewolf - picking a nit -1941 - wow 09/26/2002 2:03 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon TEd Remington 09/26/2002 2:45 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon FishonaBike 09/26/2002 2:51 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon Alex Williams 09/26/2002 4:58 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon wofahulicodoc 09/26/2002 6:07 PM

Lycanthracyte TEd Remington 09/26/2002 6:47 PM

re:define redefine wofahulicodoc 09/26/2002 8:47 PM

Re: re:define redefine Fiberbabe 09/26/2002 9:59 PM

Re: re:define redefine Alex Williams 09/27/2002 1:02 PM

homage to A.A.Milne wofahulicodoc 09/27/2002 7:15 PM

compounding a felony wofahulicodoc 09/27/2002 7:36 PM

Washington Post contest TEd Remington 09/27/2002 1:18 PM

Re: Washington Post contest FishonaBike 09/27/2002 2:01 PM

Re: Washington Post contest Fiberbabe 09/27/2002 10:41 PM

Re: Specific Shades of Were- WhitmanO'Neill 09/27/2002 1:27 PM

Re: Musings on the Harvest Moon WhitmanO'Neill 09/25/2002 8:03 PM

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