whele

From Old English hwēol, from Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.

• wheel, whel, wheyle, whelle, wheylle, wheol, wheele, hwel, ȝweol, wele
• qweel, qwel, qwele, qwell, qweyll

• IPA^(key): /ʍeːl/, /ʍɛːl/

whele (plural wheles)

1. A wheel (circular object that facilitates movement):
   1. The wheel as an emblem of change or changeableness.
   2. (rare) The wheel as an emblem of repetition and constancy.
   3. A wheel utilised to cause torment; a wheel as a device for inflicting torture and pain.
2. A device that utilises a wheel to operate (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel), or the wheel in such a device.
3. Any circular or spherical object or path (especially in astronomy).
4. (rare) A revolving axis that a barrier depends on to move.

• whelebarow
• whelen
• wheler
• whelwryght

• English: wheel
• Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile, wheel
• Yola: wheel

• “whēl(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

From Old English *hwele; related to Old English hwelian.

• whelle

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɛːl(ə)/

whele (plural whelys)

1. A boil or wheal; a malignant lump or wound.
2. A tumour or ulcer.

• whelyn

• English: wheal

• “whēle, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

whele

1. Alternative form of whelen (“to rotate”)