Old English · suffix
-else
- Part of speech
- suffix, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /el.se/[eɫ.ze]
- Syllables
- el · se (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- -lecreating
Meaning
-
suffix creating nouns from verbs
rǣdelse
counsel, advice, riddle, enigma
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
A metathetic form of Proto-West Germanic *-islī.
Descendants
-le
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