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wol

Pronunciation: /woːl/

“wol” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. plague, pestilence

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōl. Cognate with Old Saxon wōl, Old High German wuol, Old Norse ól (“troll-woman”).

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