weall

• wall, weal, wal

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑll/, [wæ͜ɑɫ]

From Proto-West Germanic *wall.

weall m

1. wall
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard
     winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ,
     hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.

     as now walls are standing differently
     over this world, blown by wind,
     covered by frost, the slow-swept dwellings.

• Middle English: wal, wale, walle, waule
  • English: wall
  • Scots: wa, waa, waw
  • Yola: wul, vall
  • → Middle Irish: *balla
    • Irish: balla
    • Manx: boalley
    • Scottish Gaelic: balla
• → Welsh: gwal, wal

From Proto-Germanic *wallō.

weall f (nominative plural wealla)

1. fervour; uproar

weall n

1. boiled or mulled wine