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Originally Posted by Von Due
From what I understand, the "uller" (probably Jutlandic) is from way back when wolves in Denmark were more common. When the wolves disappeared, the "uller" changed to "ugler". Anyway, that's just what I learned and it could be wrong.
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Now you have learned me something I didn't knew. So I made a search and found this
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We know it was called wolves in the bog in the 17th century, because then the term appeared in an extensive collection of proverbs published by priest and linguist Peder Syv (1631-1702). But we also know that it changed in the 18th century to owls in the bog.
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So thanks for learning me something new.
Markus