whelbarwe
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- welbargh, wel barw, whelbergh, welebaraw, whelebarow, whelebarowe, wheyle barowe, whelebarugh, whelberghe, whyle-barrou, wolberow
Etymology edit
From whel (“wheel”) + barwe (“handbarrow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
whelbarwe (plural whelbarwes)
Descendants edit
- English: wheelbarrow
- Scots: whirlbarrae (with replacement of first element)
References edit
- “whēle-barowe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.