wielle

Old English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi͜yl.le/, [ˈwi͜yɫ.ɫe]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Alternative forms

Noun

wielle f

  1. fountain, spring
  2. well
Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative wielle wiellan
accusative wiellan wiellan
genitive wiellan wiellena
dative wiellan wiellum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: welle, wille, wælle, walle, wolle (merged with descendant of Old English wiella and wiell)

Etymology 2

Verb

wielle

  1. inflection of wiellan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive