Old English · noun
ceafl
Normalised ċeafl
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /t͡ʃæ͜ɑfl/[t͡ʃæ͜ɑvl]
- Syllables
- t͡ʃæ͜ɑfl (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- chavelbeakjawjowlsnoutbillcheek
Meaning
-
jaw; cheek
Mīn hēafod hē hæfþ mid his ċeaflum befangen.
It has seized my head in its jaws.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost" -
a bill; beak; snout
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”).
Descendants
chavel, jowl
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