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Weel

//wiːl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A trap for catching fish; a weely.
2
A whirlpool. dialectal, obsolete
3
An arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.

Verb

1
Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wele, wyle, welle, likely a fusion of Old Norse vél ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)) and Middle English welwe, wilwe (“a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches”), from Old English wilige, wylige (“basket”), related to Old English welig (“willow”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English wel, weel, wele, wæl, from Old English wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”). Cognate with Scots weil, weel (“pool, eddy, whirlpool”), Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”).

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