segl

• IPA^(key): /sajˀl/, [ˈsɑjˀl]
• Homophone: sejl
• Rhymes: -ajl

Borrowed from Middle Low German sêkele (“sickle”).

segl c (singular definite seglen, plural indefinite segle)

1. sickle (tool used for harvesting)

• “segl,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed via Middle Low German segel from Latin sigillum (“seal”), a diminutive of signum (“sign”).

segl n (singular definite seglet, plural indefinite segl)

1. seal (stamp or impression used for identification)

• “segl,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

segl n (genitive singular segls, plural segl)

1. sail

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

• IPA^(key): /sɛkl/
• Rhymes: -ɛkl

segl n (genitive singular segls, nominative plural segl)

1. sail

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

• IPA^(key): /sɛjl/, [sæɪ̯l]

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

1. a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

From Old Norse segl.

• seil

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

1. a sail

• seglskip

• “segl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

1. a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

From Old Norse segl.

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

1. a sail

• seglfartøy
• seglskip

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡl/

segl

1. imperative of segla
2. imperative of segle

• “segl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• seġel, sweġel

• IPA^(key): /sejl/

From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Old Norse segl.

seġl n or m

1. sail

neuter

Strong a-stem:

masculine

Strong a-stem:

• siġlan

• Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile
  • Scots: sail, saill, sale
  • English: sail
• → Old Welsh: huil (or from Old Norse?)
  • Middle Welsh: hwyl
    • Welsh: hwyl
• → Old Irish: séol (or from Old Norse?)
  • Middle Irish: seól
    • Irish: seol
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
    • Manx: shiaull
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
    • Irish: seol
    • Manx: shiauill
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

See siġel.

seġl n

1. alternative form of siġel

Strong a-stem:

From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

segl n

1. sail

• Icelandic: segl
• Faroese: segl
• Norn: segel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: segl
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: segl
• Old Swedish: sæghl
  • Swedish: segel
• Old Danish: seyl
  • Danish: sejl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seil
  • Scanian: seğl
• Gutnish: segel, sjägel, sigel, sjägul
• → Old French: sigle, seigle
• → Old Welsh: huil (or from Old English?)
  • Middle Welsh: hwyl
    • Welsh: hwyl
• → Old Irish: séol (or from Old English?)
  • Middle Irish: seól
    • Irish: seol
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
    • Manx: shiaull
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
    • Irish: seol
    • Manx: shiauill
    • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

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

segl n

1. obsolete form of sigill

From Proto-Finnic *sëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą.

segl

1. sieve

Inflection of segl (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	segl
genitive sing.	seglan
partitive sing.	seglad
partitive plur.	segloid
	singular	plural
nominative	segl	seglad
accusative	seglan	seglad
genitive	seglan	segloiden
partitive	seglad	segloid
essive-instructive	seglan	segloin
translative	seglaks	segloikš
inessive	seglas	segloiš
elative	seglaspäi	segloišpäi
illative	seglaha seglha	segloihe
adessive	seglal	segloil
ablative	seglalpäi	segloilpäi
allative	seglale	segloile
abessive	seglata	segloita
comitative	seglanke	segloidenke
prolative	segladme	segloidme
approximative I	seglanno	segloidenno
approximative II	seglannoks	segloidennoks
egressive	seglannopäi	segloidennopäi
terminative I	seglahasai seglhasai	segloihesai
terminative II	seglalesai	segloilesai
terminative III	seglassai	—
additive I	seglahapäi seglhapäi	segloihepäi
additive II	seglalepäi	segloilepäi