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Old English · noun

swegel

Normalised sweġel

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈswe.jel/
Syllables
ˈswe · jel (2 syllables)
Modern English
sunheavens

Meaning

  1. the Sun

  2. the heavens, the sky

  3. Heaven, the Kingdom of God

Declension

Declension of swegel
Singular
Nominative sweġel
Accusative sweġel
Genitive sweġles
Dative sweġle

All forms (3)

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”), perhaps via a metathesis of Proto-West Germanic *sawili, the oblique stem of *sōl (“sun”). Compare siġel (“sun”).

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