eagþyrel
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ēage (“eye”) + þyrel (“hole”).
For semantic parallels, compare Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye" or "wind-hole”) from Old Norse auga (“eye”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (augadaurō, “window”, literally “eye-door”) and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (“window”) from Proto-Slavic *ȍko (“eye”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ēagþyrel n
Declension edit
Declension of eagþyrel (strong a-stem)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: ehþurl, eie þurl, eiȝe þirle
- English: eyethurl
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eagþyrl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.