gyrðill

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to gyrða +‎ -ill. From Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz. Cognate to Old English gyrdel (whence English girdle).

Noun[edit]

gyrðill m

  1. girdle
  2. purse

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: gyrðill
  • Faroese: gyrðil
  • >? Swedish: gördel (possibly a loan from Low German)
  • Danish: gjordel, gyrdel, gjortel, gyrtel, gørtel (forms influenced by Low German and Standard German)

References[edit]

  • gyrðill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press