wull
See also: Wull
English
Middle English
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from *wulnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wull/, [wuɫ]
Noun
wull f
- wool
- Sċēap man hielt for heora wulle and flǣsċe.
- Sheep are kept for their wool and meat.
- c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Swīðe sweartes līchaman hēo wæs for þǣre sunnan hǣte, and þā loccas hire hēafdes wǣron swā hwīte swā wull.
- Her skin was tanned very dark from the sun's heat, and the locks of her hair were as white as wool.
Declension
Declension of wull (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | wull | — |
accusative | wulle | — |
genitive | wulle | — |
dative | wulle | — |
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Verb
wull
- Alternative form of woul (“will”)
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
- 'Chull, for Ich wull.
- I will.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 16 & 79
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