gowl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊl/
• Rhymes: -aʊl

Etymology 1

From Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb).

Verb

gowl (third-person singular simple present gowls, present participle gowling, simple past and past participle gowled)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) To weep angrily; to howl.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

See also

• girn

Etymology 2

Noun

gowl (plural gowls)

1. (Ireland, slang) Vulva.
2. (Ireland, slang) An annoying person; an idiot; a dishonest person.

Anagrams

• glow, w.l.o.g., wlog

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gaβl, from Proto-Celtic *gablā. Cognate with Breton gaol, English gabel, German Gabel, Irish gabhal, Scottish Gaelic gobhal, and Welsh gafl.

Noun

gowl f (plural gowlow)

1. fork

   Synonym: forgh

2. crotch
3. pike

Mutation

Mutation of gowl

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gowl	wowl	unchanged	kowl	hwowl	wowl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.