hweol

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, derived from the root *kʷel- (“going around”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwēl, Old Saxon hwiol, and Old Norse hvél. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xwe͜oːl/, [ʍe͜oːl]

Noun

hwēol n

  1. wheel
    • Homilies of Ælfric
      Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.
      A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hwēol hwēol
accusative hwēol hwēol
genitive hwēoles hwēola
dative hwēole hwēolum

Descendants

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