wull
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See also: Wull
Verb
wull
Noun
wull
- Alternative form of wolle
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from *wulnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Pronunciation
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 [lit. "she was of a very black body"] from the sun's heat, and the locks of her hair were as white as wool.
Declension
Declension of wull (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
wull
- Alternative form of woul (“will”)
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
- 'Chull, for Ich wull.
- I will.
Etymology 2
Adverb
wull
- Alternative form of waal (“well”)
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
- A skudhelès, lhaung roosta, wull glaude leth aam what.
- The knives, that were long rusty, well-pleased let them whet.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 16 & 79
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