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Old English · noun

feol

Normalised fēol

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/fe͜oːl/
Syllables
fe͜oːl (1 syllable)
Modern English
filerasp

feol1 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. file, rasp

    Mīn hēafod is homere ġeþuren, searopīla wund, sworfen fēole.

    My head is wrought by a hammer, wounded by war-spikes, filed by a file.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of feol
SingularPlural
Nominative fēolfēolafēole
Accusative fēolefēolafēole
Genitive fēolefēola
Dative fēolefēolum

feol2 · verb · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of fēoll

All forms (4)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”).

Descendants

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