syll

syll

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sulī, whence also English sill.

Noun

syll f

1. sill

   Synonym: bjalki

Declension

  Declension of syll (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syll	syllin	syllr	syllrnar
accusative	syll	syllina	syllr	syllrnar
dative	syll	syllinni	syllum	syllunum
genitive	syllar	syllarinnar	sylla	syllanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: syll
• Middle Norwegian: svill
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svill m or f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svill m or f
• Old Swedish: syl
  • Swedish: syll c
• Danish: syld c

References

• syll in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʏl/, [sʏlː]

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Noun

syll c

1. a railroad sleeper

Declension

Declension of syll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	syll	syllen	syllar	syllarna
Genitive	sylls	syllens	syllars	syllarnas

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse syll, from Proto-Germanic *sulī, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“piece of wood; beam, post, balk, board, threshold, sill.”)

Noun

syll f

1. Board; beam.

Alternative forms

• sill
• syyll
• sööll

Derived terms

• gravsyll
• späis-sill

Noun

syll m

1. Alternative form of sull