eagþyrel
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== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ēgþȳrl, ēhþȳrl, ēahþȳrl, ēahþērl, ēaghþȳrl, ēagþȳrl, ēghþȳrl
=== Etymology ===
From ēage (“eye”) + þȳrel (“hole”).
For semantic parallels, compare Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “windeye" or "windhole”), from auga (“eye”); Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (augadaurō, “window”, literally “eyedoor”); and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (“window”), from *ȍko (“eye”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːɡˌθyː.rel/, [ˈæ͜ɑːɣˌθyː.rel]
=== Noun ===
ēagþȳrel n
window
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== Synonyms ====
ēagduru
fenester
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: ehþurl, eie þurl, eiȝe þirleEnglish: eyethurl
=== References ===
Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “eagþyrl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.