wancol

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿancol

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wankulaz (“unsteady, wavering”), from Proto-Indo-European *wank-, *wak-, *wek-, *weg- (“to be unsteady; crooked”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑnkol/

Adjective

wancol

  1. unstable, unsteady, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating, tottering, vacillating, weak
    Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíþe wancol. — She makes herself known with her vacillations that she is very fickle.

Declension
Declension of wancol — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wancol wanc(o)lu wancol
Accusative wancolne wanc(o)le wancol
Genitive wanc(o)les wancolre wanc(o)les
Dative wanc(o)lum wancolre wanc(o)lum
Instrumental wanc(o)le wancolre wanc(o)le
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wanc(o)le wanc(o)la, -e wanc(o)lu
Accusative wanc(o)le wanc(o)la, -e wanc(o)lu
Genitive wancolra wancolra wancolra
Dative wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum
Instrumental wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum
Declension of wancol — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wanc(o)la wanc(o)le wanc(o)le
Accusative wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)le
Genitive wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan
Dative wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan
Instrumental wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan
Accusative wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan wanc(o)lan
Genitive wancolra, wanc(o)lena wancolra, wanc(o)lena wancolra, wanc(o)lena
Dative wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum
Instrumental wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum wanc(o)lum

Descendants

References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", wancol
  • 2010, J. Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), wancol
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