geolu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“shine, glisten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjeo̯lu/

Adjective

ġeolu

yellow
Him bēoþ þā ēagan ġeolwe. His eyes will be yellow.

Declension

Weak							Strong
case	singular			plural			case	singular			plural
case	m	n	f	plural			case	m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	ġeolwa	ġeolwe	ġeolwe	ġeolwan			nom.	ġeolu	ġeolu	ġeolu	ġeolwe	ġeolu, -ġeolwe	ġeolwa, -e
accusative	ġeolwan	ġeolwe	ġeolwan	ġeolwan			acc.	ġeolone	ġeolu	ġeolwe	ġeolwe	ġeolu, -ġeolwe	ġeolwa, -ġeolwe
genitive	ġeolwan			ġeolora, ġeolwena			gen.	ġeolwes	ġeolwes	ġeolore	ġeolora
dative	ġeolwan			ġeolwum			dat.	ġeolwum	ġeolwum	ġeolore	ġeolwum
dative	ġeolwan			ġeolwum			instrumental	ġeolwe

Descendants

Middle English: ȝelwe, ȝalow, yelow
- English: yellow; yeller, yallow, yaller, yullow (dialectal)
- Scots: yella, yelly, yallow

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