æppel

See also: Äppel

Middle English

Noun

æppel

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of appel

Old English

Alternative forms

• apl, appel, æppyl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæp.pel/

Noun

æppel m (nominative plural æppla)

1. apple
2. ball, sphere
3. eyeball
4. any fruit

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	æppel	æppla
accusative	æppel	æppla
genitive	æppla	æppla
dative	æppla	æpplum

Often it occurs as an a-stem:

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	æppel	æpplas
accusative	æppel	æpplas
genitive	æpples	æppla
dative	æpple	æpplum

Derived terms

• æppelbǣre
• æppelcyrnel
• æppelfealu
• æppellēaf
• æppelsċeal
• æppeltrēow
• æppelþorn
• æppelwīn
• æpplian
• apuldor
• ēagæppel
• eorþæppel
• hunigæppel
• wuduæppel

 

Descendants

• Middle English: appel, apple, appyl, appyll, appil, appill, appell, eppel, appul, appull, appulle, eappel, æppel, æpple, eappel (Early Middle English)
  • English: apple (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: aipple

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “æppel”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.