hoel

hoel

1. alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)

• hoiel, houel, houai, hoyau
• hauel, hauwiel, hauwial, hawiel, howiel, houwiel, heviel, hewel (Picard)

From hoe +‎ -el (diminutive ending).

• (classical) IPA^(key): /hɔˈɛl/

hoel oblique singular, m (oblique plural hoeaus or hoeax or hoiaus or hoiax or hoels, nominative singular hoeaus or hoeax or hoiaus or hoiax or hoels, nominative plural hoel)

1. a small hoe with a curved blade
2. (by extension) an instrument for scraping ink off parchment

• Middle French: houel, hoyau, hoeau
  • French: hoyau
• → Middle Dutch: hauel, hauweel
  • → Dutch: houweel

• “hoe1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*hauwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 185

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hoːɨ̯l/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɔi̯l/

• hoelen

hoel f (plural hoelion or hoelon, not mutable)

1. nail, rivet, pin, peg

   Synonyms: cethr, hemyn, rhybed, pìn, peg

• hoelbren (“dowel, peg”)
• hoeldro (“screw”)

hoel

1. h-prothesized form of oel (“oil”)

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “nail”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “peg”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “hoel”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “hoel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies