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Old English · noun

cwiella

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈkwi͜yl.lɑ/
[ˈkwi͜yɫ.ɫɑ]
Syllables
ˈkwi͜yl · lɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
quellquillspring

Meaning

  1. spring (of water)

  2. well

Declension

Declension of cwiella
SingularPlural
Nominative cwiellacwiellan
Accusative cwiellancwiellan
Genitive cwiellancwiellena
Dative cwiellancwiellum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”).

Descendants

quell, quill

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