eagþyrel

• ēgþȳrl, ēhþȳrl, ēahþȳrl, ēahþērl, ēaghþȳrl, ēagþȳrl, ēghþȳrl

From ēage (“eye”) +‎ þȳrel (“hole”).

For semantic parallels, compare Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “windeye" or "windhole”), from auga (“eye”); Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (augadaurō, “window”, literally “eyedoor”); and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (“window”), from *ȍko (“eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːɡˌθyː.rel/, [ˈæ͜ɑːɣˌθyː.rel]

ēagþȳrel n

1. window

Strong a-stem:

• ēagduru
• fenester

• Middle English: ehþurl, eie þurl, eiȝe þirle
  • English: eyethurl

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