hwelp
Middle English
Old English
Alternative forms
- hƿelp
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hwelp/
Noun
hwelp m
- puppy
- Ealle hundas sind hwelpas.
- All dogs are puppies.
- Mīn hund nīwan ġebær seofon hwelpas.
- My dog recently bore seven puppies.
- Ēalā, hū swēte hwelp!
- Oh, what a cute puppy!
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 15:27
- Þā hwelpas etaþ of þām crumum þe of heora hlāforda bēodum feallaþ.
- The puppies eat from the crumbs that fall from their masters' tables.
- Þā hwelpas etaþ of þām crumum þe of heora hlāforda bēodum feallaþ.
- cub, pup
- Ġiestrandæġ iċ ġeseah on wuda ānne fox mid his hwelpum.
- Yesterday I saw a fox with its cubs in the forest.
- Þā hwelpas mihton æt nīehstan leaxes onbierġan.
- The cubs finally got to taste salmon.
- c. 900, the Old English Orosius
- Sēo lēo bringþ hungrigum hwelpum hwæt tō etenne.
- The lion brings hungry cubs something to eat.
- Sēo lēo bringþ hungrigum hwelpum hwæt tō etenne.
- The Life of Malchus
- Wē ġesāwon þā lēon on þām eorðsċræfe mid hiere hwelpum.
- We saw the lion in the cave with its cubs.
- Wē ġesāwon þā lēon on þām eorðsċræfe mid hiere hwelpum.
Declension
Declension of hwelp (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | hwelp | hwelpas |
accusative | hwelp | hwelpas |
genitive | hwelpes | hwelpa |
dative | hwelpe | hwelpum |
Derived terms
- hwelpian (of animals, to give birth)
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