wyspe
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps related to whisk (“bunch of twigs, hair”).[1] Cognate to Dutch wisp, dialectal Danish visp, Swedish visp, Norwegian Bokmål visp, etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wyspe (plural wyspes or wyspe)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “wisp(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.