weoloc

Old English

Alternative forms

weluc, weolc, weoluc, wiloc, wioloc, wyloc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *weluk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwe͜o.lok/

Noun

weoloc m

whelk

Declension

Declension of weoloc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	weoloc	weolocas
accusative	weoloc	weolocas
genitive	weoloces	weoloca
dative	weoloce	weolocum

Descendants

Middle English: welk, welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
- English: whelk, welk, whilk, wilk
- Scots: wulk, wilk, welk
- → Old French: welke

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weoloc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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