Old English · noun
wiln
Normalised wīln
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /wiːln/[wiːɫn]
- Syllables
- wiːln (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- handmaidan anglo-saxon dictionaryjoseph bosworthoxford university presst. northcote toller
Meaning
-
handmaid
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
A contraction of *wīelen; equivalent to wealh (“Welsh person, slave”) + -en (feminine suffix).
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