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Webster 1913 Edition

Weel

Weel

,
Adj.
&
adv.
Well.
[Obs. or Scot.]

Weel

,
Noun.
[AS.
wǣl
. √147.]
A whirlpool.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Weel

WEEL

,
Noun.
[See Well.] A whirlpool. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Weel

Weel

See also: weel

German Low German

Noun

Weel n (plural Welen)

  1. spinning wheel

weel

weel

See also: Weel

English

Noun

weel ‎(plural weels)

  1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
  2. A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.

Verb

weel

  1. Alternative spelling of will

Middle English

Adverb

weel

  1. well
    He thakked hire aboute the lendes weel (Chaucer)

Scots

Adjective

weel ‎(comparative better, superlative best)

  1. Well.

Adverb

weel ‎(comparative better, superlative best)

  1. Well.
    And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
    And fare thee weel a while! - Robert Burns - A Red, Red Rose

Derived terms

Interjection

weel

  1. Well.

Etymology

From Middle Low German wêl, wiel, from Old Saxon hwiol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą. More at wheel.

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