neowol

• niwol, neowel, nēol, nifol, nihol, nihold, niwel

From Proto-Germanic *nīwalaz.

IPA^(key): /ˈne͜o.wol/

neowol

1. prone (lying face down)
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Joshua 7:10

     And Dryhten him cwæþ tō, "Ārīs nū, Iosue! Hwȳ liġest þū neowol on eorðan?"

     And the Lord said to him, "Get up, Joshua! Why are you lying face down on the ground?"

2. head-first
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 8:32

     Þǣrrihte fērde eall sēo heord miċelum onrǣse neowol on sǣ.

     Immediately the entire herd rushed head-first into the sea.

3. deep, low

• (deep): dēop
• (low): niþerlīċ

• upweard (“supine”)

• neowolnes (“abyss”)