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yelve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yelve
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.

Obsolete

Etymology

A metathesis of *yevel, from Middle English yevel, from Old English ġeafel, variant of gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: yevel, ġeafel, *gabulu, gabalos, *gablā

Usage

Inflected Forms

yelves (plural)

Questions

What does yelve mean?
A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.
Where does yelve come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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