skemill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skemill (“bench”), see fótskemill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈscɛːmɪtl/
    Rhymes: -ɛːmɪtl

Noun

skemill m (genitive singular skemils, nominative plural skemlar)

  1. footstool
    Synonyms: fótskemill, fótaskemill

Declension

Declension of skemill (masculine)
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

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German scamil (whence 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

  1. footstool

Derived terms

  • fótskemill

Descendants

  • Danish: skammel
  • Icelandic: skemill
  • Swedish: skammel

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skemill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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