trefill
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse trefill (“tatter, rag”), synchronically analyzable as traf (“fringe, wrapping”) + -ill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰrɛːvɪtl/
- Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl
Noun
trefill m (genitive singular trefils, nominative plural treflar)
- a scarf
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | trefill | trefillinn | treflar | treflarnir |
| accusative | trefil | trefilinn | trefla | treflana |
| dative | trefli | treflinum | treflum | treflunum |
| genitive | trefils | trefilsins | trefla | treflanna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from “trefill”.
- hálstrefill
- kuldatrefill
- prjónatrefill
- reiðtrefill
- riðtrefill
- silkitrefill
- sjótrefill
- skinntrefill
- trefilendi
- ullartrefill
See also
Further reading
- “trefill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).
Noun
trefill m (genitive trefils, plural treflar)
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | trefill | trefillinn | treflar | treflarnir |
| accusative | trefil | trefilinn | trefla | treflana |
| dative | trefli | treflinum | um | unum |
| genitive | trefils | trefilsins | trefla | treflanna |
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “trefill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive