sigelhweorfa
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From siġel (“sun”) + hweorfa (“spindle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.jelˌxwe͜or.fɑ/, [ˈsi.jelˌʍe͜orˠ.vɑ]
Noun
siġelhweorfa m
- a heliotrope flower
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siġelhweorfa | siġelhweorfan |
| accusative | siġelhweorfan | siġelhweorfan |
| genitive | siġelhweorfan | siġelhweorfena |
| dative | siġelhweorfan | siġelhweorfum |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: siȝelhweorfa
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sigelhweorfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Old English to Modern English Translator