Old English · noun
meowle
Normalised mēowle
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈme͜oːw.le/
- Syllables
- ˈme͜oːw · le (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- damselmaidvirgin
Meaning
-
a maid; damsel; virgin; woman
grētan ēode; · iċ him gromheortum winterċeald oncweþe. · Wearm lim
A maid or man oft went to greet sleep-weary me. Winter-cold I answer wrath-hearted them. Warm limb
Oft mec slǣpwēriġne · seċġ oðþe mēowle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mawilā.
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