eagþyrel

 

• ēgþyrl, ēhþyrl, ēahþyrl, ēahþerl, ēaghþyrl, ēagþyrl, ēghþyrl

From ēage (“eye”) +‎ þyrel (“hole”).

For semantic parallels, compare Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye" or "wind-hole”) from Old Norse auga (“eye”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (augadaurō, “window”, literally “eye-door”) and Proto-Slavic *okъnò (“window”) from Proto-Slavic *ȍko (“eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːɡˌθy.rel/, [ˈæ͜ɑːɣˌθy.rel]

ēagþyrel n

1. window

Strong a-stem:

• ēagduru
• fenester

• Middle English: ehþurl, eie þurl, eiȝe þirle
  • English: eyethurl

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