eldertongue

Old English · noun

cawl

Normalised cāwl

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/kɑːwl/
Syllables
kɑːwl (1 syllable)
Modern English
basketcaul

Meaning

  1. basket

    et sustulērunt reliquiās fragmentōrum duodecim cophinōs plēnōs et dē piscibus / & ġenōmon ðā hlāfo ðāra sċrēadunga tuœ̄lf ċēaulas fulle & of fiscum

    and then they took up twelve baskets full of the remains of the bread and the fish.

    Lindisfarne Gospels, gloss on Mark 6: 43

Declension

Declension of cawl
SingularPlural
Nominative cāwlcāwlas
Accusative cāwlcāwlas
Genitive cāwlescāwla
Dative cāwlecāwlum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Latin *cavallum, from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage, enclosure”).

Descendants

caul

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