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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwalbą, *hwalfą. Cognate with Old High German walbe, Old Norse hvalf (Icelandic hólf).
Pronunciation
Noun
hwealf f
- vault, arch
- 10th century, Anonymous, Beowulf, line 576:
under heofenes hwealf- under heaven’s vault
Declension
Declension of hwealf (strong a-stem)
Adjective
hwealf
- arched, vaulted, hollow, concave, bent
- 10th century, Anonymous, Judith XI 214, Nowell Codex:
bordum beðeahte, / hwealfum lindum,- with bucklers protected, / With their hollow shields, [1]
warded with bucklers, / Linden-shields curved, [2]
Declension
Declension of hwealf — Strong
Declension of hwealf — Weak
References
- ^ 1902, J. Lesslie Hall, Judith, Phœnix and other Anglo-Saxon poems, Silver Burdett and Company, New York, p.12
- ^ 1888, Albert S. Cook, Judith, an Old English epic fragment, D.C. Heath & Co, Boston 1888, pp. 17-19