Old English · noun

þæcele

Normalised þæċele

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈθæ.t͡ʃe.le/
Syllables: ˈθæ · t͡ʃe · le (3 syllables)
Modern English: torch

Meaning

torch, light

Declension

Declension of þæcele
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þæċele	þæċelan
Accusative	þæċelan	þæċelan
Genitive	þæċelan	þæċelena
Dative	þæċelan	þæċelum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þakilā, *þakilljā, from Proto-Germanic *þakiljǭ, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, *þak- (“to burn”). Related to Old High German dahhezzen, dachezzen (“to flame, flare up, blaze”).

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