æppel

æppel

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of appel

• apl, appel, æppyl

From Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *apluz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæp.pel/

æppel m (nominative plural æppla)

1. apple
2. ball, sphere
3. eyeball
4. any fruit

Often it occurs as an a-stem:

• Middle English: appel, apple, appyl, appyll, appil, appill, appell, eppel, appul, appull, appulle, eappel; æppel, æpple, eappel
  • English: apple (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: aipple

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “æppel”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.