ceol – Old English noun declension

Noun: ceol
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	ċēol
Plural	ċēolas

Genitive

Singular	ċēoles
Plural	ċēola

Dative

Singular	ċēole
Plural	ċēolum

Accusative

Singular	ċēol
Plural	ċēolas

Sample Sentences

c. 700, Beowulf (The ship stood on the land.)

Nouns inflected like ceol

ceol, ceod,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'kjóll'.