wielisc
Old English
Alternative forms
- wīlisc, wȳlisċ, wēlisċ, ƿīelisċ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign, non-Germanic”), corresponding to wealh + -isċ. Cognate with German welsch, Dutch waalsch (“Walloon”), Swedish välsk, Danish vælsk (“from a Romance-speaking country”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːy̯.liʃ/
Adjective
wīelisċ
- foreign, not English; specifically, Celtic, British, Welsh
- servile
Conjugation
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | wīel(i)sċa | wīel(i)sċe | wīel(i)sċe | wīel(i)sċan | nom. | wīelisċ | wīel(i)sċe | wīelisċ | wīel(i)sċa, -e | ||||
| accusative | wīel(i)sċan | wīel(i)sċe | wīel(i)sċan | acc. | wīelisċne | wīelisċ | wīel(i)sċe | wīel(i)sċe | wīelisċ | wīel(i)sċa, -e | |||
| genitive | wīel(i)sċan | wīelisċra, wīel(i)sċena | gen. | wīel(i)sċes | wīel(i)sċes | wīelisċre | wīelisċra | ||||||
| dative | wīel(i)sċan | wīel(i)sċum | dat. | wīel(i)sċum | wīel(i)sċum | wīelisċre | wīel(i)sċum | ||||||
| instrumental | wīel(i)sċe | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Middle English: Wellische
- English: Welsh