hwistlere

Old English

Etymology

From hwistle (“hollow reed”) +‎ -ere (“-er”, suffix forming masculine agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwist.le.re/, [ˈʍist.le.re]

Noun

hwistlere m

1. piper, fluter, flautist

Declension

Declension of hwistlere (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwistlere	hwistleras
accusative	hwistlere	hwistleras
genitive	hwistleres	hwistlera
dative	hwistlere	hwistlerum

Descendants

• Middle English: whistlere, whystelare, Wistler, Wyzelere
  • English: whistler, Whistler, Wissler
  • Scots: quhisilar, quhissillar

References

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