hwilpe

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hwilpa === Etymology === Cognate with Scots whaup and Dutch wulp; possibly related to English yarwhelp. === Noun === hwilpe f (hapax legomenon) a kind of bird ==== Usage notes ==== This noun is only attested in the oblique form hwilpan, so its gender and lemma form are unclear; hwilpe and hwilpa are equally possible. === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hwilpa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.