weall

Old English

Alternative forms

• wall, weal, wal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑll/, [wæ͜ɑɫ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wall.

Noun

weall m

1. wall
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard
     winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ,
     hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.

     as now walls are standing differently
     over this world, blown by wind,
     covered by frost, the slow-swept dwellings.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weall	weallas
accusative	weall	weallas
genitive	wealles	wealla
dative	wealle	weallum

Derived terms

• grundweall (“foundation”)
• sǣweall
• sċieldweall (“shield wall”)
• strēamweall (“shore”)

 

Descendants

• Middle English: wal, wale, walle, waule
  • English: wall
  • Scots: wa, waa, waw
  • Yola: wul, vall
  • → Middle Irish: *balla
    • Irish: balla
    • Manx: boalley
    • Scottish Gaelic: balla
• → Welsh: gwal, wal

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wallō.

Noun

weall f (nominative plural wealla)

1. fervour; uproar

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weall	wealla, wealle
accusative	wealle	wealla, wealle
genitive	wealle	wealla
dative	wealle	weallum

Related terms

• weallan

 

Etymology 3

Noun

weall n

1. boiled or mulled wine

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	weall	weall
accusative	weall	weall
genitive	wealles	wealla
dative	wealle	weallum