whewlv.
/hwjuːl//wjuːl/ Now dialect.
intransitive. To cry plaintively, moan, whine, howl.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > howl or whine
theotenc888
yowla1225
gowlc1300
whinec1330
howl1390
yawlc1400
whrine?1507
whewla1560
whinge1562
waw1570
whimper1575
wail1595
ululate1623
wow1806
wowla1825
towl1906
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc888
yarmc1000
yowla1225
yollc1275
gowlc1300
woulc1340
yawlc1400
howlc1405
yowta1525
whewla1560
exululate1623
to sing port-yowla1693
toot1808
blart1896
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively
whingea1150
whinec1275
plaina1425
fipple?1507
whimper1513
mewla1530
pulea1535
whimp1549
whewla1560
simper1613
whindle1709
grizzle1842
squinny1847
wimick1850
mizzlea1935
a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) x. sig. Dd4v Whiles whewling sad he sat.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 86v Lamenting for his sonnes mischaunce with whewling in the Aire.
1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer iv. H 4 b You know the Iayle. Ha you neuer bin hir'd to yawle for the whole prison? and whule to the passengers?
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whule, to whine; to howl. Suffolk.
Derivatives
ˈwhewling n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine > howling or whining
yowlinga1225
howlingc1440
whiningc1440
whimperingc1522
whewling1609
whinging1720
whinneringa1871
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl
yowlinga1225
yei?a1289
yollinga1300
howling1490
yowl?a1513
yawling1568
blayinga1586
whewling1609
howla1616
vagitusa1651
ululation?1799
gowl1805
waul1856
wow1862
whoo1891
blarting1898
ululance1951
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > wail or howl
ululative1490
yawling1568
yowlingc1590
whewling1609
bewailed1624
vagient1629
ululatory1831
ululant1868
blarting1898
waily1906
yarling1911
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whimperingc1522
puling?1529
whewling1609
whine1633
whindle1647
whindling1648
pipation1656
whimper1699
whinging1720
pule1812
whinner1840
mewl1857
whinneringa1871
whimp1925
whininess1934
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > crying feebly or plaintively
whining15..
puling1529
whimpering1598
whewling1609
bemoaning1639
puly1688
whinging1720
whinneringa1871
1609 Old Meg of Hereford-shire Ded. sig. A3 Tweire-pipe that famous Southren Taberer..who for whuling hath beene famous through the Globe of the world.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 135 For here, the whuling Scylla, shrowds her face.
1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer ii. sig. D4v A Virgin..Could not with whuling nay's be so peruerse.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Wewling, a plaintive note in crying, commonly with a view to excite charity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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