segl

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sajˀl/, [ˈsɑjˀl]
• Homophone: sejl
• Rhymes: -ajl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sēkele (“sickle”).

Noun

segl c (singular definite seglen, plural indefinite segle)

1. sickle (tool used for harvesting)

Declension

Declension of segl

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	segl	seglen (unofficial) seglet	segle (unofficial) segl	seglene
genitive	segls	seglens (unofficial) seglets	segles (unofficial) segls	seglenes

References

• “segl,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed via Middle Low German segel from Latin sigillum (“seal”), a diminutive of signum (“sign”).

Noun

segl n (singular definite seglet, plural indefinite segl)

1. seal (stamp or impression used for identification)

Declension

Declension of segl

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	segl	seglet	segl	seglene
genitive	segls	seglets	segls	seglenes

References

• “segl,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

segl n (genitive singular segls, plural segl)

1. sail

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	segl	seglið	segl	seglini
accusative	segl	seglið	segl	seglini
dative	segli	seglinum	seglum	seglunum
genitive	segls	seglsins	segla	seglanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛkl̥]
• Rhymes: -ɛkl̥

Noun

segl n (genitive singular segls, nominative plural segl)

1. sail

Declension

Declension of segl (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	segl	seglið	segl	seglin
accusative	segl	seglið	segl	seglin
dative	segli	seglinu	seglum	seglunum
genitive	segls	seglsins	segla	seglanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Inherited from Danish segl, from Middle Low German sēgel, from Proto-West Germanic *sigil, from Latin sigillum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛi̯l/, [sæɪ̯l]
• Homophone: seil

Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

1. seal (impression in wax etc. on a document as a symbol of authenticity)
2. (by extension) seal (official stamp etc.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk segl, from Old Norse segl. First introduced in 1938.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/ (can also be read like seil)

Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

1. (rare) alternative form of seil (“sail”)

Derived terms

• segle
• seglskip

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

segl

1. imperative of segle

See also

• sigd (“sickle”)

References

• “segl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “segl” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

1. a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse segl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

1. a sail

Derived terms

• seglfartøy
• seglskip

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

Verb

segl

1. imperative of segla
2. imperative of segle

References

• “segl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• seġel, sweġel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sejl/
• Rhymes: -ejl

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Old Norse segl.

Noun

seġl n or m

1. sail

Declension

neuter

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	seġl	seġlu
accusative	seġl	seġlu
genitive	seġles	seġla
dative	seġle	seġlum

masculine

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	seġl	seġlas
accusative	seġl	seġlas
genitive	seġles	seġla
dative	seġle	seġlum

Derived terms

• siġlan

Descendants

• Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile
  • Scots: sail, saill, sale
  • English: sail
• → Old Welsh: huil (or from Old Norse?)
  • Middle Welsh: hwyl
    • Welsh: hwyl
• → Old Irish: séol (or from Old Norse?)
  • Middle Irish: seól
    • Irish: seol
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
    • Manx: shiaull
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
    • Irish: seol
    • Manx: shiauill
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

Etymology 2

See siġel.

Noun

seġl n

1. alternative form of siġel

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	seġl	seġl
accusative	seġl	seġl
genitive	seġles	seġla
dative	seġle	seġlum

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

segl n

1. sail

Descendants

• Icelandic: segl
• Faroese: segl
• Norn: segel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: segl
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: segl
• Old Swedish: sæghl
  • Swedish: segel
• Old Danish: seyl
  • Danish: sejl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seil
  • Scanian: seğl
• Gutnish: segel, sjägel, sigel, sjägul
• → Old French: sigle, seigle
• → Old Welsh: huil (or from Old English?)
  • Middle Welsh: hwyl
    • Welsh: hwyl
• → Old Irish: séol (or from Old English?)
  • Middle Irish: seól
    • Irish: seol
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
    • Manx: shiaull
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
    • Irish: seol
    • Manx: shiauill
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “segl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Noun

segl n

1. obsolete form of sigill

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą.

Noun

segl

1. sieve

Declension

Inflection of segl (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	segl
genitive sing.	seglan
partitive sing.	seglad
partitive plur.	segloid
	singular	plural
nominative	segl	seglad
accusative	seglan	seglad
genitive	seglan	segloiden
partitive	seglad	segloid
essive-instructive	seglan	segloin
translative	seglaks	segloikš
inessive	seglas	segloiš
elative	seglaspäi	segloišpäi
illative	seglaha seglha	segloihe
adessive	seglal	segloil
ablative	seglalpäi	segloilpäi
allative	seglale	segloile
abessive	seglata	segloita
comitative	seglanke	segloidenke
prolative	segladme	segloidme
approximative I	seglanno	segloidenno
approximative II	seglannoks	segloidennoks
egressive	seglannopäi	segloidennopäi
terminative I	seglahasai seglhasai	segloihesai
terminative II	seglalesai	segloilesai
terminative III	seglassai	—
additive I	seglahapäi seglhapäi	segloihepäi
additive II	seglalepäi	segloilepäi