Old English · adjective
geolu
Normalised ġeolu
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈje͜o.lu/
- Syllables
- ˈje͜o · lu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- yellowyalleryallowyelleryullow
Meaning
-
yellow
Him bēoþ þā ēagan ġeolu.
His eyes will be yellow.
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġeoluġeolo | ġeoluġeolo | ġeoluġeolo |
| Accusative | ġeolone | ġeolwe | ġeoluġeolo |
| Genitive | ġeolwes | ġeolore | ġeolwes |
| Dative | ġeolwum | ġeolore | ġeolwum |
| Instrumental | ġeolwe | ġeolore | ġeolwe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġeolwe | ġeolwaġeolwe | ġeoluġeolo |
| Accusative | ġeolwe | ġeolwaġeolwe | ġeoluġeolo |
| Genitive | ġeolora | ġeolora | ġeolora |
| Dative | ġeolwum | ġeolwum | ġeolwum |
| Instrumental | ġeolwum | ġeolwum | ġeolwum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġeolwa | ġeolwe | ġeolwe |
| Accusative | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwe |
| Genitive | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwan |
| Dative | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwan |
| Instrumental | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwan |
| Accusative | ġeolwan | ġeolwan | ġeolwan |
| Genitive | ġeoloraġeolwena | ġeoloraġeolwena | ġeoloraġeolwena |
| Dative | ġeolwum | ġeolwum | ġeolwum |
| Instrumental | ġeolwum | ġeolwum | ġeolwum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).
Descendants
yaller, yallow, yeller, yellow, yullow
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