byl

From Dutch bijl, from Middle Dutch bile.

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byl (plural byle, diminutive byltjie)

1. axe

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪl]

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• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Homophone: bil

byl

1. masculine singular past active participle of být

byl

1. indefinite accusative singular of bylur

byl

1. indefinite accusative singular of bylur
2. indefinite dative singular of bylur

• bȳle

From Proto-Germanic *būlō (“boil”)

• IPA^(key): /byːl/

bȳl m

1. boil

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “býl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.