Old English · noun

hrægl

Normalised hræġl

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xræjl/
[r̥æjl]
Syllables: xræjl (1 syllable)
Modern English: rail garment

Meaning

garment, piece of clothing

Declension

Declension of hrægl
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hræġl	hræġl
Accusative	hræġl	hræġl
Genitive	hræġles	hræġla
Dative	hræġle	hræġlum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hragil, from Proto-Germanic *hragilą (“garment, clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to beat, weave; web”). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, Old High German hregil.

Descendants

rail

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