Talk:hazel

what rhymes with hazel
 * See Rhymes:English:-e%C9%AAz%C9%99l.—msh210 ℠ 18:43, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Etymology: A connection with hansel?
I'm not sure about the connection to Corylus or Corylos.

Is there a connection with the name 'Hansel' (as in Hansel and Gretel)? Seeing as how Hansel is merely the diminutive of Hans (nickname for Johannes), Hazel would merely be a variation along a similar theme.

Similarly with hazelnut as denoting the small, ordinary nut of that tree: a 'johnny-nut.'   Cf. other uses of Johnny. 198.177.25.10 19:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * No, there is no connection with Johannes or Hansel. There is no German masculine name "Hazel"; the German onomastics for that name are pretty thorough.  See Seibicke's 4 volume Vornamenbuch. --EncycloPetey 19:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

RFD discussion: July–August 2022
Yola. On page 46 of Jacob Poole's Glossary, our principal source for Yola, we find the following entry for, which is listed as a alternative form of: "" However, this is clearly a misinterpretation of the Glossary. cannot be a alternative form of, as "also to lay a spirit" makes no sense as a definition on its own. Instead, "hazel" should be interpreted as a definition of alongside "to lay a spirit", which would allow us to put this erroneous entry to rest. Further evidence for this interpretation is that the Englisn Dialect Dictionary lists halse as a word for found in Devon and Somerset. These locales are highly suggestive; Yola is clearly akin to the dialects of Southwestern England, as evidenced by features such as voicing of initial fricatives and retention of past participial (as ) and third-person singular. As for the etymology of, it is clearly a metathetic form of ; compare , which is from a ME metathetic (unsurprisingly, Southwestern English traditional dialects also have metathetic forms such as  and  for "needle"). Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 16:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)


 * The definition of, “also to lay a spirit”, doesn’t make sense there either. I suppose that Poole meant:
 * hawlse:
 * (noun) hazel;
 * (verb)  to lay a spirit.
 * I have no clue as to the meaning of this sense 2, but “Also” was very likely not meant to be part of Poole’s definition of the second sense. --Lambiam 08:32, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * This interpretation of “ Also ” is corroborated by such entries as
 * “ Oathès. Oats. Also athes, swearing. ”
 * --Lambiam 08:47, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * A 19th-century English–Latin dictionary gives Latin “ ” for To lay a spirit, meaning as much as “to banish a spirit”. I suppose this corresponds to our sense 2 of the verb : “ To cause to subside or abate”. --Lambiam 09:08, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. I’ve fixed . --Lambiam 11:42, 18 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Deleted; I was going to delete it myself as an obvious error but I see Zff19930930 has beat me to it (thanks). - -sche (discuss) 23:23, 17 August 2022 (UTC)