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skemill
skemill
Icelandic
Noun
skemill m (genitive singular skemils, nominative plural skemlar)
Declension
declension of skemill
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skemill | skemillinn | skemlar | skemlarnir |
| accusative | skemil | skemilinn | skemla | skemlana |
| dative | skemli | skemlinum | skemlum | skemlunum |
| genitive | skemils | skemilsins | skemla | skemlanna |
Derived terms
- bænaskemill
- fótaskemill
- fótskemill
Synonyms
- (footstool): fótskemill, fótaskemill
Old Norse
Etymology
Cognates with Old High German scamil (whence the German Schemel (“stool”)) and Old English scamul (whence the English shambles) which are borrowings from the Vulgar Latin scamellum a diminutive of Latin scamnum (“bench”).
Noun
skemill m
Derived terms
- fótskemill
Descendants
- Danish: skammel
- Icelandic: skemill
References
- skemill in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press