hwilpe

Old English

Alternative forms

• hwilpa

Etymology

Cognate with Scots whaup and Dutch wulp; possibly related to English yarwhelp.

Noun

hwilpe f

1. a kind of bird

Usage notes

This noun is only attested in the oblique form hwilpan, so its gender and lemma form are unclear; hwilpe and hwilpa are equally possible.

References

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