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
• → Welsh: hwyl
• → Old Irish: séol
  • 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

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

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

segl

1. sieve