Þyle

• Thīla, Thīle, Thȳle

From Classical Latin Thūlē, Thȳlē, from Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), Θῡ́λη (Thū́lē)

• IPA^(key): /ˈθyː.le/

Þyle ?

1. Thule (a legendary island said to be the northernmost place in the inhabited world)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þonne bē westannorðan Ibernia is þaet ȳtemeste land þæt man hæt Thīla...

     Then to the northwest of Ibernia is the outermost land, which is known as Thule...

This noun is attested only in the nominative.

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þýle”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.