Old English · adjective
þyrel
Normalised þȳrel
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈθyː.rel/
- Syllables
- ˈθyː · rel (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- piercedperforatedthirlthurlapertureopeningholeperforation
þyrel1 · adjective
Senses
-
pierced, perforated
Oft iċ beġīne þæt mē onġēan sticað, þonne iċ hnītan sċeal, hringum gyrded, hearde wið heardum, hindan þȳrel, forð āsċūfan þæt mīnes frēan mōd freoþað middelnihtum.
Oft I swallow that pricks me again, then I should strike, girded by rings, toughly against hard ones, stabbed from behind, shove forth that shields mind-mirth of my lord at midnights.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þȳrel | þȳreluþȳrluþȳreloþȳrlo | þȳrel |
| Accusative | þȳrelne | þȳreleþȳrle | þȳrel |
| Genitive | þȳrelesþȳrles | þȳrelre | þȳrelesþȳrles |
| Dative | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelre | þȳrelumþȳrlum |
| Instrumental | þȳreleþȳrle | þȳrelre | þȳreleþȳrle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þȳreleþȳrle | þȳrelaþȳrlaþȳreleþȳrle | þȳreluþȳrluþȳreloþȳrlo |
| Accusative | þȳreleþȳrle | þȳrelaþȳrlaþȳreleþȳrle | þȳreluþȳrluþȳreloþȳrlo |
| Genitive | þȳrelra | þȳrelra | þȳrelra |
| Dative | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum |
| Instrumental | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þȳrelaþȳrla | þȳreleþȳrle | þȳreleþȳrle |
| Accusative | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳreleþȳrle |
| Genitive | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan |
| Dative | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan |
| Instrumental | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan |
| Accusative | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan | þȳrelanþȳrlan |
| Genitive | þȳrelraþȳrelenaþȳrlena | þȳrelraþȳrelenaþȳrlena | þȳrelraþȳrelenaþȳrlena |
| Dative | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum |
| Instrumental | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum | þȳrelumþȳrlum |
þyrel2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
hole (perforation); an opening or aperture
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through, over”), equivalent to þurh (“through”) + -el. Cognate with Old High German durihhil, durchil.
From Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through, over”), equivalent to þurh (“through”) + -el. More at through.
Descendants
thirl, thurl
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