syssel

syssel (plural syssels)

1. an Icelandic administrative division
2. a historical county in Scandinavia, especially Denmark

From Old Danish sysæl, syslæ, from Old Norse sýsla. Compare Old English susl.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsysəl]

syssel c (singular definite sysselen or syslen, plural indefinite sysler)

1. employment, occupation, enterprise (especially a quiet, non-binding, or less strenuous task)
2. (historical) geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland

(first definition)

(second definition)

• sysle
• syslen
• sysselmand
• hjemmesyssel
• fritidssyssel
• kvindesyssel
• småsysler
• sysselsætning
• sysselsætte

• “syssel” in Den Danske Ordbog