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hwelp — m ( es/ as) whelp, the young of an animal, cub … Old to modern English dictionary
whelp — hwelp /w n. young offspring of some mammals (i.e. dogs, bears, lion, etc.); ill mannered child v. give birth to whelps, bring forth (offensive when said of a woman) … English contemporary dictionary
whelped — hwelp /w n. young offspring of some mammals (i.e. dogs, bears, lion, etc.); ill mannered child v. give birth to whelps, bring forth (offensive when said of a woman) … English contemporary dictionary
whelping — hwelp /w n. young offspring of some mammals (i.e. dogs, bears, lion, etc.); ill mannered child v. give birth to whelps, bring forth (offensive when said of a woman) … English contemporary dictionary
whelps — hwelp /w n. young offspring of some mammals (i.e. dogs, bears, lion, etc.); ill mannered child v. give birth to whelps, bring forth (offensive when said of a woman) … English contemporary dictionary
Wulf and Eadwacer — is an Old English poem of famously difficult interpretation. It has been variously characterised, (modernly) as an elegy, (historically) as a riddle, and (in speculation on the poem s pre history) as a song or ballad with refrain. The poem s… … Wikipedia
whelp — whelpless, adj. /hwelp, welp/, n. 1. the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc. 2. a youth, esp. an impudent or despised one. 3. Mach. a. any of a series of longitudinal projections or ridges on the barrel of a capstan,… … Universalium
whelp — hwelp, welp n one of the young of various carnivorous mammals and esp. of the dog whelp vt to give birth to used of various carnivores and esp. the dog vi to bring forth young * * * (hwelp) 1. to give birth to; said of the female dog. 2. an… … Medical dictionary
Wulf and Eadwacer — (10th century) Wulf and Eadwacer is a very obscure OLD ENGLISH poem from the EXETER BOOK. At 19 lines, the lyric appears fragmentary at first, but the sketchy images do suggest a complete dramatic situation. The poem’s speaker is a woman… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
whelp — whelp1 [ welp, hwelp ] noun count an old word meaning a very young dog, bear, etc. that is still being fed by its mother whelp whelp 2 [ welp, hwelp ] verb intransitive or transitive if a female dog, bear, etc. whelps, it has babies … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
