tagl

• tavl

Old Danish taghæl. Cognate with English tail.

tagl c (singular definite taglen, not used in plural form)

1. (obsolete) horsehair (from the mane or tail)

• stjert
• hale

• “tagl” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

tagl n (genitive singular tagls, uncountable)

1. tail (of a horse or cow)

tagl

1. romanization of 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻

From Old Norse tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą.

• IPA^(key): /tʰakl/

  Rhymes: -akl

tagl n (genitive singular tagls, nominative plural tögl)

1. (of a horse) tail
2. (hairdo) ponytail
3. rope
4. a low jutting slope at the foot of a mountain, edge of a lava field, etc.

From Proto-Germanic *taglą, whence also English tail.

tagl n

1. (anatomy) tail (of a horse)

• Faroese: tagl
• Icelandic: tagl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tagl
• Norwegian Bokmål: tagl
• Old Swedish: taghl
  • Swedish: tagel
• Old Danish: taghæl
  • Danish: tagl, tavl

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