Noun: wull
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Sċēap man hielt for heora wulle and flǣsċe. (Sheep are kept for their wool and meat.)
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c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Swīðe sweartes līchaman hēo wæs for þǣre sunnan hǣte, and þā loccas hire hēafdes wǣron swā hwīte swā wull. (Her skin was tanned very dark [lit. "she was of a very black body"] from the sun's heat, and the locks of her hair were as white as wool.)
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Wonders of the East
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Hī habbað eoseles ēaran ⁊ sċeapes wulle ⁊ fugles fēt. (They have the ears of a donkey, the wool of a sheep, and the feet of a bird.)
Nouns inflected like wull
grimsung,
strangness,
westhealf,
myndgung,
stealcung,
wyn,
understanding,
þoterung,
meltung,
melting,
norþhealf,
lufung,
macung,
forhtung,
sweartness,
wull,
wissung,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from *wulnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.
Verbs referencing "wull"
English Nouns
wool, Old Norse Nouns
ull, Ancient Greek Nouns
λῆνος, Middle English Nouns
wolle, Middle English Nouns
wol, Gothic Nouns
𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰.
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