Old English · noun
gewealc
Normalised ġewealc
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈwæ͜ɑlk/[jeˈwæ͜ɑɫk]
- Syllables
- je · ˈwæ͜ɑlk (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- rollingsurgingmotion
Meaning
-
rolling, turning; motion, surging
ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela, atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan, þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
have withstood bitter sorrow, known many sorrow-halls in ship, loathsome rolling of waves where the unquiet night watch oft got me at the stem of seacraft then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold
bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From ġe- + Proto-Germanic *walką, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to turn, roll”).
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