scill

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃill/, [ʃiɫ]

Etymology 1

Noun

sċill m

  1. abbreviation of sċilling

Etymology 2

Noun

sċyll f

  1. alternative form of sċiell
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċill sċilla, sċille
accusative sċille sċilla, sċille
genitive sċille sċilla
dative sċille sċillum

Etymology 3

    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skell.[1]

    Adjective

    sċill

    1. sonorous, sounding[2]

    References

    1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*skellaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
    2. ^ Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scill”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2] (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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