Old English · noun
geoloca
Normalised ġeoloca
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈje͜o.lo.kɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈje͜o · lo · kɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- yolk
Meaning
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yolk
Sċēawa nū on ānum ǣġe, hū þæt hwīte ne biþ ġemenġed tō þām ġeolocan, and biþ hwæðre ān ǣġ.
Now look at an egg—how the white doesn't mingle with the yolk, and yet it's still one egg.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativity of Our Lord"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From ġeolu (“yellow”) + -ca (diminutive suffix).
Descendants
yolk
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