whelmen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === whilmene, qwelme === Etymology === Perhaps from Old English *hwealmnian, a variant of *hwealfnian, from hwealf (“arched, concave, vaulted; an arched or vaulted ceiling”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwalb, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“arch, vault”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhwɛlmən/ === Verb === whelmen To turn over. To turn (sth.) upside down. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: whelm Yola: whil ==== References ==== “whelmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.