hwelp

== Middle English == === Noun === hwelp (Early Middle English) alternative form of whelp == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xwelp/, [ʍeɫp] === Noun === hwelp m puppy c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 15:27 cub, pup late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans The Life of Malchus ==== Usage notes ==== It is unknown exactly which set of animals hwelp could describe—perhaps the answer is simply "non-human mammals." In Old English, the word is attested for puppies, wolf pups, bear cubs, and lion cubs. In Middle English, it is attested for tiger cubs and baby monkeys as well. Note that some animals have a special word to designate their young. Such words include bridd (“chick”), bulluc (“male calf”), ċealf (“calf,” also used of fawns), fearh (“piglet”), fola (“foal,” also used of elephant and camel calves), lamb (“lamb”), tiċċen (“kid”), and trēowwyrm (“caterpillar”). Unattested *hūn appears in many names such as Ælfhūn and is often supposed to mean “bear cub,” like Old Norse húnn, though it is unclear whether it was still used as an independent word in the Old English period. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== hwelpian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whelp, quelp, quelpe, qwelp, qwelpe, welp, welpe, whelpe, ȝwelp, hwelp, hweolp, whellp (Early Middle English)English: whelpScots: whalp, whaulp == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. === Noun === hwelp m a whelp, pup