wimpel

See also: Wimpel

Middle English

Noun

wimpel

Alternative form of wympel

Old English

Alternative forms

winpel, ƿimpel

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz.

Noun

wimpel m

a veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood
Wimple goldgewefenum — A gold woven wimple.

Descendants

Middle English: wympel, wimpel, wympil, wimpul
- English: wimple
- Scots: wympill, wempill, wompyll, wimple

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