Hi.
This may be of little help, but the French word for werwolf is
"loup-garou." I can only assume the "garou" is derived from Bn. "Garwaf."
Matthew Hammond
University of Texas- Austin
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>In Marie de France's lai "Bisclarvet," this was the Breton name,
>while "Garwaf" was the Norman... Only Bisclarvet appears in my
>antiquated Old French dictionary. Her lai is the only reference to
>werwolves that I know of offhand, but presumably there are others.
>Hope that helps!
>
>Nicole
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