You can educate yourself by perusing the sheldonbrown.com website. There's enough info to keep you busy for weeks.
YOU knowing the correct terminology helps US to better help YOU. Right now, we are basically trying to "read between the lines" to understand what you really mean.

Relace the old wheel, so you can remove the Freewheel.
Maybe it's NOT destined for the dustbin, with a bit of effort.

IF you are going to deal with spokes, get a GOOD spoke wrench. The cheap ones are just going to round off the nipples.