thymbyll
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English þȳmel, from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz; equivalent to thombe + -el (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editthymbyll (plural thymbylls)
- thimble (cap for fingers while sewing)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “thī̆mel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-11.
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- enm:Sewing