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WHELVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
dialectal, England. : to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something .
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Word Nerd: Whelve - Lawhimsy
Whelve is an interesting word since it's old English origins have it meaning to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something.
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whelve, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the verb whelve is in the Old English period (pre-1150). whelve is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology ...
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whelve
whelve, v. Obs. exc. dial. (hwɛlv) Forms: 1 hwylfan, 3 hwelfen, 5– whelve, (9 whilve). [Late OE. hwylfan = *hwielfan, Anglian *hwelfan (also in compounds á-, be-, ofhwylfan) = OS. bihwelƀian to cover over, (M)Du., (M)LG. welven, OHG., MHG. welben, welwen (G. wölben) to vault, arch, ON. hvelfa to arc...
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There's a Word for That: Whelve - Atkins Bookshelf - WordPress.com
The origin of the word is from the Middle English word, whelven, from the Old English word, gehwielfan, meaning to bend over or to arch.
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day - Whelve [WEHL-vh] (v.) -To conceal ...
To conceal, hide or bury something beneath something else. To turn over and hide something underneath; to bury something. To turn (as a dish or vessel) upside ...
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overwhelve
† overˈwhelve, v. Obs. [f. over- 6 + whelve v. to roll.] 1. trans. To overturn; to cause to roll or tumble, as waves. (Cf. overwhelm v. 1.)c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. metr. iii. 39 (Add. MS.) Þe horrible wynde aquilon moeueþ boylyng tempestes and ouer whelweþ [v.rr. whelueth, welueeth, -welueth] þe se...
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Word of the Day: Whelve - Pinterest
Discover the definition and modern meaning of the word 'whelve'. Learn how it is used to describe burying or hiding feelings.
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Word #1073 — 'Whelve' - Daily Dose Of Vocabulary - Quora
The word whelve has been derived from the English word gehwielfan meaning to bend. Meaning —. To turn a dish or other vessel upside down to hide or cover ...
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Beautiful Words – Whelve - donnawrites
Today's word is whelve. It's a verb. It means: to bury something deep; to hide. This is a word I'll see myself using in fiction writing.
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Whelve - song and lyrics by Tom Doolie, Rudy Raw - Spotify
Listen to Whelve on Spotify. Song · Tom Doolie, Rudy Raw · 2023. ... Whelve. Tom Doolie, Rudy Raw. 1:53 · Activated. Tom Doolie, Molly McPhaul ...
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whauve
wha(u)ve, v. dial. (hwɔːv) Also 7 whoave, 9 wauve. [ad. ON. hvalfa, holfa: see whelve.] 1. trans. To turn upside down; to turn (pottery) when drying.1611 Cotgr. s.v. Dent, Mettre vn pot &c. à dents, to turne it vpside-down, to whauve it with the mouth downewards. 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 123 When the P...
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wholve
▪ I. wholve, n. dial. Also 5 wolve, whulve, (7 hulve, hull), 8 whoulve. [Variant of whauve.] A short arched or covered drain under a path.1395 (4 June) View of Frankpledge Gt. Waltham (MS.), Johannes Hereward de jure reparat quemdam Wholue juxta Stonfeld. 1466 Birchanger Court Roll, Vnum wholve non ...
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whelm
▪ I. whelm, n. (hwɛlm) Also 6 whealme, 6–7 whelme. [f. whelm v.] 1. A wooden drain-pipe: orig. a tree-trunk halved vertically, hollowed, and ‘whelmed down’ or turned with the concavity downwards to form an arched watercourse. Now dial.c 1576 in Catal. Archives All Souls' Coll. (1877) 37 Quidam trunc...
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