segl

Danish

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sêkele (“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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglen
(unofficial) seglet		 segle
(unofficial) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)		 seglene
genitive segls seglens
(unofficial) seglets		 segles
(unofficial) segls		 seglenes

References

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. seal (stamp or impression used for identification)
Declension
Declension of segl
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglet Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglene
genitive segls seglets segls seglenes

References

Faroese

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

segl n (genitive singular segls, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

  1. sail

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛkl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkl

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. sail

Declension
declension of segl
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglið Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglin
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglið Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) seglin
dative segli seglinu seglum seglunum
genitive segls seglsins segla seglanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛjl/, [sæɪ̯l]

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Alternative forms

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. a sail
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛɡl/

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛɡl/

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. a sail
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛɡl/

Verb

segl

  1. imperative of segla
  2. imperative of segle

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sejl/

Noun

seġl n or m

  1. sail

Declension
neuter

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

masculine

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

segl n

  1. sail

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Norn: segel
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Old Swedish: sæghl
  • Old Danish: seyl
    • Danish: sejl
      • Norwegian Bokmål: seil
    • Scanian: seğl
  • Gutnish: segel, sjägel, sigel, sjägul
  • → Old French: sigle, seigle

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

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

segl

  1. sieve

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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