sigelhweorfa

Old English

Alternative forms

• siġelhweorfe

Etymology

From siġel (“sun”) +‎ hweorfa (“spindle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.jelˌxwe͜or.fɑ/, [ˈsi.jelˌʍe͜orˠ.vɑ]

Noun

siġelhweorfa m

1. a heliotrope flower

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	siġelhweorfa	siġelhweorfan
accusative	siġelhweorfan	siġelhweorfan
genitive	siġelhweorfan	siġelhweorfena
dative	siġelhweorfan	siġelhweorfum

Synonyms

• sōlsece
• sunnfolgend

Descendants

• Middle English: siȝelhweorfa

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sigelhweorfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator