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Old English · noun

tænel

Normalised tǣnel

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈtæː.nel/
Syllables
ˈtæː · nel (2 syllables)
Modern English
teanelwickerbasket

Meaning

  1. a wicker basket

Declension

Declension of tænel
SingularPlural
Nominative tǣneltǣnelas
Accusative tǣneltǣnelas
Genitive tǣnelestǣnela
Dative tǣneletǣnelum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tainīl, from Proto-Germanic *tainīlaz, a diminutive of *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; basket”), from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Related to Old High German zeina (“basket”), Old Norse teina (“wicker basket”).

Descendants

teanel

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