ysle

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Middle French

Noun

ysle f (plural ysles)

  1. Alternative form of isle

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Middle High German usele, üsele (ashes) and Icelandic usli (conflagration, field of burning embers).

Pronunciation

Noun

ysle f

  1. a spark, cinder, ash, ember
    Hē geseah hū ða ysla up flugon mid ðam smīce 
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    Heora wyrtruma bið swā swā windige ysla 
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    Ða yslan 
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    In onlīcnesse uppāstīgendra yselena [v.l. ysla] 
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    Ic eom yslum and axum geanlīcod 
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    Bearwas wurdon tō axan and tō yslan 
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    Gebringeþ bān and yslan, ādes lāfe, eft ætsomne 
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Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: iselle, isyl, usle, ysel

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