wol

See also: wól, woł, and wół

Cornish

Noun

wol

1. Soft mutation of gol.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔl/

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• Hyphenation: wol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

wol f (uncountable)

1. wool

Derived terms

• geitenwol
• schapenwol
• wolharig
• wollen
• wollig
• wolschaap

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wol
• → Indonesian: wol

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German

Adverb

wol

1. Obsolete spelling of wohl.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch wol, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwol/, /ˈwɔl/

Noun

wol (first-person possessive wolku, second-person possessive wolmu, third-person possessive wolnya)

1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)

   Synonym: suf

Alternative forms

• wul (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• mengewol

 

Further reading

• “wol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English willan.

Verb

wol

1. will

Descendants

• English: won't

Etymology 2

From Old English wull.

Noun

wol

1. Alternative form of wolle

Etymology 3

From Old English wel.

Adverb

wol

1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿōl — wynn spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːl/

Noun

wōl m

1. pest, pestilence, plague

Declension

Declension of wol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wōl	wōlas
accusative	wōl	wōlas
genitive	wōles	wōla
dative	wōle	wōlum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WŌL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English world.

Noun

wol

1. world

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English wall.

Noun

wol

1. wall