mistel
See also: Mistel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mistel, from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmistəl/
Noun
mistel (uncountable)
- (rare) mistletoe (Viscum album)
- Synonym: mistelto
Related terms
- mistelto
Descendants
- English: mistle
- Scots: misle
References
- “mistel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmis.tel/
Noun
mistel m
- mistletoe
Usage notes
- This term is used to gloss Latin ōcimum, conventionally translated as 'basil', so it was traditionally thought to bear that meaning too. However, Latin ōcimum does not necessarily mean "basil". making this identification groundless, especially since basil is quite dissimilar to mistletoe.
Derived terms
- mistellām
- misteltān
Descendants
- Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
- English: mistle
- Scots: misle
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “mistel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swedish
Noun
mistel c
- mistletoe
Declension
| Declension of mistel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mistel | misteln | mistlar | mistlarna |
| Genitive | mistels | mistelns | mistlars | mistlarnas |
References
- mistel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mistel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mistel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)