wolfcub

== English == === Noun === wolfcub (plural wolfcubs) Alternative form of wolf cub. 1870, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (translators), unknown 13th-century author, Völsunga saga, F.S. Ellis, page 112: “Thou shalt lose both realm and wealth, and thy life and me, for I shall fare home to my kin, and abide there in sorrow, unless thou slayest Sigurd and his son; never nourish thou a wolfcub.” 1986, British Neo-Formalist Circle, University of Keele, Essays in poetics, v.11-13, University of Keele, page 88: If a wolfcub had raised its head with such a movement it would have been evident that it was about to howl.