hicel

Old English

Etymology

Apparently equivalent to hice +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi.kel/, [ˈhi.kel]

Noun

hicel m

1. woodpecker

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hicel	hicelas
accusative	hicel	hicelas
genitive	hiceles	hicela
dative	hicele	hicelum

Related terms

• hice
• higera

Descendants

• Middle English: hykwale, heghwalle, hygh-whele, eywal (in some forms, possibly merged with Old English higera)
  • English: hickwall

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hicel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.