wæl
See also: wael and wäl
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿæl
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walo- or *walu-, from Proto-Indo-European *welə- ‘wound, injure’. Cognate with Old Saxon wal- (in waldâd ‘murderous deed’), Old High German wal, Old Norse valr.
In Old Norse valkyrja, Old English wælcyrge; literally "chooser of the slain".The Germanic word may be cognate with Latin vulnus ‘wound’ and Old Irish fuil ‘blood’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæl/
Noun
wæl n
- slaughter, carnage
- the slain, (rarely) a slain person, corpse
Derived terms
- wælfyllo
- wælnīþ
- wælrēow
Descendants
- Middle English: wal