ealh

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *alh, from Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”), cognate to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs) and Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh).

According to Pokorny (1959:32) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”), i.e. the root of Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō) and Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”), though Kroonen (2013:22 s.v. alh-) dismisses this as “arbitrary”

Pronunciation

Noun

ealh m (nominative plural ēalas)

  1. temple
  2. residence

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ealh ēalas
accusative ealh ēalas
genitive ēales ēala
dative ēale ēalum

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References

  • Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden: Brill, 2013), p. 22.
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