hoel

== Middle English == === Adjective === hoel alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”) == Old French == === Alternative forms === hoiel, houel, houai, hoyau hauel, hauwiel, hauwial, hawiel, howiel, houwiel, heviel, hewel (Picard) === Etymology === From hoe +‎ -el (diminutive ending). === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /hɔˈɛl/ === Noun === hoel oblique singular, m (oblique plural hoeaus or hoeax or hoiaus or hoiax or hoels, nominative singular hoeaus or hoeax or hoiaus or hoiax or hoels, nominative plural hoel) a small hoe with a curved blade (by extension) an instrument for scraping ink off parchment ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: houel, hoyau, hoeau French: hoyau → Middle Dutch: hauel, hauweel → Dutch: houweel === References === “hoe1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*hauwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 185 == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /hoːɨ̯l/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /hɔi̯l/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== hoelen ==== Noun ==== hoel f (plural hoelion or hoelon, not mutable) nail, rivet, pin, peg Synonyms: cethr, hemyn, rhybed, pìn, peg ===== Derived terms ===== hoelbren (“dowel, peg”) hoeldro (“screw”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hoel h-prothesized form of oel (“oil”) ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “nail”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “peg”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hoel”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “hoel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies