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Origin and history of weel

weel(n.1)

"deep pool, whirlpool," Middle English wel, from Old English wæl "whirlpool, eddy; pool; sea," cognate with West Frisian wiel, Old Low Frankish wal, Middle Dutch wael, German wehl, wehle.

weel(n.2)

"trap or snare for catching fish, crabs., etc.," probably originally of wicker, mid-13c., wele, a word of uncertain origin, probably from Old English or Old Norse. Obsolete or provincial.

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