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Wulfilan

Wulfilan adjective: of or relating to the Gothic bishop Wulfila (ca. 311–383), especially as relating to the language used in the Gothic Bible he is thought to have translated.

Adjective

Wulfilan (comparative more Wulfilan, superlative most Wulfilan)

  1. Of or relating to the Gothic bishop Wulfila (ca. 311–383), especially as relating to the language used in the Gothic Bible he is thought to have translated.
    Synonyms:
    Ulfilan

Synonyms of Wulfilan

Forms of Wulfilan

comparativemore Wulfilan
superlativemost Wulfilan

Origin of Wulfilan

From Wulfila + -an. The first element is from Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*wulfila).

Questions about Wulfilan

What does Wulfilan mean?
Wulfilan means of or relating to the Gothic bishop Wulfila (ca. 311–383), especially as relating to the language used in the Gothic Bible he is thought to have translated.
What part of speech is Wulfilan?
Wulfilan is an adjective.

Words near Wulfilan in the dictionary

  1. Wulff-Dötz reaction
  2. Wulff-Dötz reactions
  3. wulffite
  4. Wulffs
  5. Wulfila
  6. Wulfilan
  7. Wulgulmerang
  8. Wulgulmerang East
  9. Wulgulmerang West
  10. Wulian
  11. wulignan

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