Old English · noun

hlæw

Normalised hlǣw

Part of speech: noun, masculine / feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /xlæːw/
[l̥æːw]
Syllables: xlæːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: mound lewes cairn barrow low

Meaning

mound, hill, barrow, cairn
cave

Declension

Declension of hlæw
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hlǣw	hlǣwas hlǣwa hlǣwe
Accusative	hlǣw hlǣwe	hlǣwas hlǣwa hlǣwe
Genitive	hlǣwes hlǣwe	hlǣwa
Dative	hlǣwe	hlǣwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw, from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱloy-wo-m, from *ḱley- (“to lean; slope”). Cognate with Proto-Norse (hlaiwa).

Descendants

law, lewes, low

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