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Old English · noun

hweol

Normalised hwēol

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xwe͜oːl/
[ʍe͜oːl]
Syllables
xwe͜oːl (1 syllable)
Modern English
wheel

Meaning

  1. wheel

    Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.

    A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

    Homilies of Ælfric

Declension

Declension of hweol
SingularPlural
Nominative hwēolhwēol
Accusative hwēolhwēol
Genitive hwēoleshwēola
Dative hwēolehwēolum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, derived from the root *kʷel- (“going around”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwēl, Old Saxon hwiol, and Old Norse hvél. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos).

Descendants

wheel

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