nedle
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nedel, nedele, nedelle, nedyl, needil, needle, nidel
- neeld, neld, nelde (metathetic)
- nædle (Early Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nǣdl, nēdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu; the final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneːdlə/, /ˈneːdəl/, /ˈnɛː-/
- (metathetic) IPA(key): /ˈneːld(ə)/, /ˈnɛː-/
Noun
nedle (plural nedles)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “nẹ̄dle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.