girle

girle (plural girles)

1. Obsolete spelling of girl.

• Rigel, e-girl, egirl, elrig, liger

• garle, geerle, gerle, gyrle
• gurle (Southern, West Midland)

Possibly from Old English *gyrele.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡirl(ə)/, /ˈɡɛrl(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːrl(ə)/, /ˈɡeːrl(ə)/, /ˈɡɛːrl(ə)/ (with lengthening before /rl/)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyrl(ə)/, /ˈɡyːrl(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

girle (plural girles)

1. A child; a young person of either sex.

   Synonyms: barn, child

2. (specifically, rare) A girl; a young woman.

   Synonyms: las (Northern), mayde, mayden, mayden child, wenche

• English: girl (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: girle, gyrle
• Yola: gurl

• “girl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 April 2018.