belwen

Middle English

verbs

Definitions

to cry out in anger, rage, roar (of animals)
to bellow, roar (of the wind, the sea)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bylgian.

Origin

Old English

bylgian

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bellow English
bellower English
bellowest English
belloweth English
bellowfish English
bellowsome English
billow English
billoweth English
billowy English
embillow English
rebellow English
*bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
bylgian Old English
*bilowe Middle English
belo Tok Pisin

*bilowe