"ceol" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃe͜oːl/
Rhymes: -e͜oːl Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*keulaz}} Proto-Germanic *keulaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*gawl-||ball, swelling}} Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”), {{cog|dum|kiel||keel}} Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”), {{cog|osx|kiol||boat}} Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), {{cog|goh|kiol||boat}} Old High German kiol (“boat”), {{cog|non|kjóll||ship}} Old Norse kjóll (“ship”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=ċēol}} ċēol m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ċēol}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ċēol|ċēolas|ċēol|ċēolas|ċēoles|ċēola|ċēole|ċēolum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ċēol [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċēol [nominative, singular], ċēolas [nominative, plural], ċēol [accusative, singular], ċēolas [accusative, plural], ċēoles [genitive, singular], ċēola [genitive, plural], ċēole [dative, singular], ċēolum [dative, plural]
  1. ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)
    Sense id: en-ceol-ang-noun-R2uXPZ3A Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Ship parts Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 41 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 9 59 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 72 15 Disambiguation of Ship parts: 48 52
  2. keel of a ship
    Sense id: en-ceol-ang-noun-DKWeXkEZ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Nautical, Ship parts Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 41 48 Disambiguation of Nautical: 27 73 Disambiguation of Ship parts: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ċēolbeald, Ċēolberht, Ċēolfriþ, Ċēolhere, Ċēolmær, Ċēolmund, Ċēolnoþ, Ċēolræd, Ċēolrīċ, Ċēolsiġe, Ċēolwald, Ċēolweard, Ċēolwīġ, Ċēolwulf
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolbeald"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolberht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolfriþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolhere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolmær"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolmund"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolnoþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolræd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolrīċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolsiġe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolwald"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolweard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolwīġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ċēolwulf"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Kelsey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Cholmondeley"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chulmleigh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Cholmondeston"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chelmsford"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chilvers"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chorlton"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Cholsey"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*keulaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *keulaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gawl-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ball, swelling"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "kiel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "keel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "kiol",
        "3": "",
        "4": "boat"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "kiol",
        "3": "",
        "4": "boat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kiol (“boat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kjóll",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ship"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kjóll (“ship”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēol",
          "ceol#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolas",
          "ceolas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēol",
          "ceol#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolas",
          "ceolas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēoles",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēoles",
          "ceoles#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēola",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēola",
          "ceola#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēole",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēole",
          "ceole#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolum",
          "ceolum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "ċēol"
      },
      "expansion": "ċēol m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċēol"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċēol",
        "2": "ċēolas",
        "3": "ċēol",
        "4": "ċēolas",
        "5": "ċēoles",
        "6": "ċēola",
        "7": "ċēole",
        "8": "ċēolum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 41 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 59 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 72 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Ship parts",
          "orig": "ang:Ship parts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The ship stood on the land.",
          "roman": "Ċēol on lande stōd.",
          "text": "c. 700, Beowulf",
          "translation": "The ship stood on the land.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceol-ang-noun-R2uXPZ3A",
      "links": [
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 41 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "ang:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Ship parts",
          "orig": "ang:Ship parts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "keel of a ship"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceol-ang-noun-DKWeXkEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "keel",
          "keel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃe͜oːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e͜oːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceol"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜oːl",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜oːl/1 syllable",
    "ang:Nautical",
    "ang:Ship parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ċēolbeald"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolberht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolfriþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolhere"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolmær"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolmund"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolnoþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolræd"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolrīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolsiġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolwald"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolweard"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolwīġ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ċēolwulf"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Kelsey"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Cholmondeley"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chulmleigh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Cholmondeston"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chelmsford"
    },
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chilvers"
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Chorlton"
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*keulaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *keulaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gawl-",
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        "5": "ball, swelling"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "boat"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "boat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kiol (“boat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kjóll",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ship"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kjóll (“ship”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *keulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gawl- (“ball, swelling”). Displaced by Middle English kele, possibly from or related to Middle Dutch kiel (“keel”) cognate with Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, a related root. Cognate with Old Saxon kiol (“boat”), Old High German kiol (“boat”), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēol",
          "ceol#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolas",
          "ceolas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēol",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēol",
          "ceol#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolas",
          "ceolas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēoles",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēoles",
          "ceoles#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēola",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēola",
          "ceola#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēole",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēole",
          "ceole#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċēolum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċēolum",
          "ceolum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "ċēol"
      },
      "expansion": "ċēol m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċēol"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċēol",
        "2": "ċēolas",
        "3": "ċēol",
        "4": "ċēolas",
        "5": "ċēoles",
        "6": "ċēola",
        "7": "ċēole",
        "8": "ċēolum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The ship stood on the land.",
          "roman": "Ċēol on lande stōd.",
          "text": "c. 700, Beowulf",
          "translation": "The ship stood on the land.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ship (specifically a small flat-bottomed boat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "keel of a ship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keel",
          "keel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃe͜oːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e͜oːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceol"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.