wheal

wheal · noun, verb¹

1. Old English · inherited from*hwele“boil”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwhele“boil”
3. English todaywheal

From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).

wheal · noun²

1. Cornish · borrowed fromhwel
2. English todaywheal

Borrowed from Cornish hwel.

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