hweol – Old English noun declension

Noun: hweol
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	hwēol
Plural	hwēol

Genitive

Singular	hwēoles
Plural	hwēola

Dative

Singular	hwēole
Plural	hwēolum

Accusative

Singular	hwēol
Plural	hwēol

Sample Sentences

Homilies of Ælfric
Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed. (A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.)

Nouns inflected like hweol

mylenhweol, hweol,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, derived from the root *kʷel- (“going around”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwēl, Old Saxon hwiol, and Old Norse hvél. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos). See: Old Norse Nouns 'hvél', Ancient Greek Nouns 'κύκλος'.