Old English · noun
gehlow
Normalised ġehlōw
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈxloːw/[jeˈl̥oːw]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxloːw (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mooing
Meaning
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mooing
Ġemenġedu stefn is þe biþ būtan andġiete, swelċ swā is hrīðera ġehlōw and horsa hnǣġung, hunda ġebeorc, trēowa brastlung, and swā forþ.
Confused sound is sound that has no meaning, such as the mooing of cows and the neighing of horses, the barking of dogs, the rustling of trees, and so forth.
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From ġe- + hlōwan.
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