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Old English · noun

sigelhweorfa

Normalised siġelhweorfa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈsi.jelˌxwe͜or.fɑ/
[ˈsi.jelˌʍe͜orˠ.vɑ]
Syllables
ˈsi · jel · ˌxwe͜or · fɑ (4 syllables)
Modern English
heliotrope

Meaning

  1. a heliotrope flower

Declension

Declension of sigelhweorfa
SingularPlural
Nominative siġelhweorfasiġelhweorfan
Accusative siġelhweorfansiġelhweorfan
Genitive siġelhweorfansiġelhweorfena
Dative siġelhweorfansiġelhweorfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From siġel (“sun”) + hweorfa (“spindle”).

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