"ule" meaning in Old English

See ule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈuː.le/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, originally a diminutive of *uwwô (“owl”) (Old High German hūwo, Old Saxon hūo), probably a word imitative of the animal's call, or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up-. See also Old English ūf or hūf, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Babungo Auf; also Middle Low German ūle, Dutch uil, Old Norse ugla. A Germanic variant *uwwilǭ was the source of Old High German ūwila (German Eule). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*uwwalǭ}} Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, {{cog|goh|hūwo}} Old High German hūwo, {{cog|osx|hūo}} Old Saxon hūo, {{onomatopoeic|ang|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*up-}} Proto-Indo-European *up-, {{cog|ang|ūf}} Old English ūf, {{cog|sv|uv||horned owl}} Swedish uv (“horned owl”), {{cog|bav|Auf}} Babungo Auf, {{cog|gml|ūle}} Middle Low German ūle, {{cog|nl|uil}} Dutch uil, {{cog|non|ugla}} Old Norse ugla, {{cog|goh|ūwila}} Old High German ūwila, {{cog|de|Eule}} German Eule Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=ūle|sort=}} ūle f, {{ang-noun|f|head=ūle}} ūle f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|ūl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ūle|ūlan|ūlan|ūlan|ūlan|ūlena|ūlan|ūlum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: ūle [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ūle [nominative, singular], ūlan [nominative, plural], ūlan [accusative, singular], ūlan [accusative, plural], ūlan [genitive, singular], ūlena [genitive, plural], ūlan [dative, singular], ūlum [dative, plural]
  1. owl Categories (lifeform): Birds of prey
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      ]
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    }
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    },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "uil"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch uil",
      "name": "cog"
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        "feminine"
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    },
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        "table-tags"
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    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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}

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