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Old English · noun

wiell

Part of speech
noun, masculine / feminine
Declension
strong a-stem
Verb class
FeminineStrong ō-stem
IPA
/wi͜yll/
[wi͜yɫ]
Syllables
wi͜yll (1 syllable)
Modern English
wellspringfountain

Meaning

  1. spring; fountain

  2. well

Declension

Declension of wiell
SingularPlural
Nominative wiellwiellaswiellawielle
Accusative wiellwiellewiellaswiellawielle
Genitive wielleswiellewiella
Dative wiellewiellum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ (“fountain, spring, wave, well”).

Descendants

well

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