tygill

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tugilaz. Related to teygja.

Noun

tygill m (genitive plural tugla)

  1. strap, band

Declension

Declension of tygill (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tygill tygillinn tuglar tuglarnir
accusative tygil tygilinn tugla tuglana
dative tugli tuglinum tuglum tuglunum
genitive tygils tygilsins tugla tuglanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tygel
  • Swedish: tygel
  • Danish: tøjle

Further reading

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