Old English · noun

dumbla

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈdum.blɑ/
Syllables: ˈdum · blɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: bittern

Meaning

bittern

Declension

Declension of dumbla
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dumbla	dumblan
Accusative	dumblan	dumblan
Genitive	dumblan	dumblena
Dative	dumblan	dumblum

All forms (4)

dumbla
dumblan
dumblena
dumblum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dumil (“bittern”), ultimately imitative of the bird's call. Compare the second element of German Rohrdommel (“bittern”), as well as Dutch roerdomp.

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