whelbarwe
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- welbargh, wel barw, whelbergh, welebaraw, whelebarow, whelebarowe, wheyle barowe, whelebarugh, whelberghe, whyle-barrou, wolberow
Etymology
[edit]From whel (“wheel”) + barwe (“handbarrow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]whelbarwe (plural whelbarwes)
Descendants
[edit]- English: wheelbarrow
- Scots: whirlbarrae (with replacement of first element)
References
[edit]- “whēle-barowe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.