hawl

Middle English edit

Noun edit

hawl (plural hawls)

shrine

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hau̯l/

Etymology 1 edit

Of unknown origin. Cognate with Breton heul (“to follow, go after”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this related to Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)? The phonetics seem to partially match, and the semantics seem reasonable, particularly with the Breton cognate.”

Noun edit

hawl m (plural hawliau, not mutable)

right (legal or moral entitlement)

Derived terms edit

hawlen (“permit”)
hawlfraint (“copyright”)
hawlio (“to claim, to demand”)

Etymology 2 edit

See below.

Verb edit

hawl (not mutable)

(literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of holi

References edit

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hawl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies