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Old English · noun

hratele

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈxrɑ.te.le/
[ˈr̥ɑ.te.le]
Syllables
ˈxrɑ · te · le (3 syllables)
Modern English
rattlerattlewort

Meaning

  1. rattlewort

Declension

Declension of hratele
SingularPlural
Nominative hratelehratelan
Accusative hratelanhratelan
Genitive hratelanhratelena
Dative hratelanhratelum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hratalā, from Proto-Germanic *hrat- (“to rattle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, swing, jump”). Cognate with Middle Dutch ratele, ratel, whence Dutch ratel, ratelaar.

Descendants

rattle

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