wolvenEtymologyFrom Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.adjOf or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.“But the shepherd does protect the sheep from the wolf: therefore, few fall to feed the wolven cubs, the remaining sheep living long to rear more lambs and provide us with wool.”nounA wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.“For quotations using this term, see Citations:wolven.”