Old English · noun
nædl
Normalised nǣdl
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /næːdl/
- Syllables
- næːdl (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- needle
Meaning
-
needle
Iċ tēah þone þrǣd þurh þǣre nǣdle ēage.
I pulled the thread through the eye of the needle.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian nādle, Old Saxon nādla, Old Dutch nālda, Old High German nādala, Old Norse nál, Gothic (nēþla).
Descendants
needle
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