hicel

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Old English

Etymology

Apparently equivalent to hice +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

Noun

hicel m

  1. woodpecker

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hicel hicelas
accusative hicel hicelas
genitive hiceles hicela
dative hicele hicelum

Descendants

  • Middle English: hykwale, heghwalle, hygh-whele, eywal (in some forms, possibly merged with Old English higera)

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hicel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.