beul

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bøːl/

noun
Definitions
  • An executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments
  • (figuratively) A cruel person, in act or sadistic streak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch buel inherited from Old Dutch *budil inherited from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (herald, messenger) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰewdʰ-

Gloss

be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Property

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