Lexicon:Modern/Fwykol
| Fwykol | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfwɪ.kol/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle fulfillēkolarith, from fulfillē and Kolarith |
| Related words | Koeler, Fwylfa, Sigring |
Fwykol — the closed circle; the Koeler completed at manumission, and the freedom it marks.
Notes
The same tattoo as a Koeler with the gap filled in, so that the circle reads continuous. It is not a different mark and it is not a cancellation of the old one. It is the old one finished.
The word comes from Fwylfa, to discharge a thing owed, which is the world’s account of what manumission is: a debt paid and an obligation closed. That is true of a debt slave and of a sentenced criminal. It is not true of a war captive or of a woman who submitted freely, neither of whom ever owed anything, and the word covers them anyway.
Worn down hard from a much longer Middle form, as words said in every city about every freed person tend to be.