"feol" meaning in Old English

See feol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fe͜oːl/
Rhymes: -e͜oːl Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fį̄hlu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*fį̄hlu}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*finhlō}} Proto-Germanic *finhlō, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*peyḱ-||to adorn, form}} Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|head=fēol}} fēol f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|fēol}}, {{ang-decl-noun|fēol|fēola,fēole|fēole|fēola,fēole|fēole|fēola|fēole|fēolum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: fēol [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], fēol [nominative, singular], fēola [nominative, plural], fēole [nominative, plural], fēole [accusative, singular], fēola [accusative, plural], fēole [accusative, plural], fēole [genitive, singular], fēola [genitive, plural], fēole [dative, singular], fēolum [dative, plural], fēole [alternative], fīil [alternative], fȳl [alternative], fēl [alternative]
  1. file, rasp
    Sense id: en-feol-ang-noun-BH23JICs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fe͜oːl/ Forms: fēol [canonical]
Rhymes: -e͜oːl Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=fēol}} fēol
  1. alternative form of fēoll Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fēoll
    Sense id: en-feol-ang-verb-GAf4MkXF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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