skilling

English

Etymology 1

See skill (verb)

Verb

skilling

1. Present participle of skill.

Etymology 2

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

1. A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).

See also

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Skilling (Scandinavian monetary unit)

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Etymology 3

Compare sheeling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

1. A bay of a barn.
   • 1844, James Atkinson, An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales

     The barn may be built with lean-to's or skillings all round […]

2. A small addition to a cottage.

Anagrams

• killings

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skelenɡ/, [ˈsɡ̊elˀeŋ]

Noun

skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)

1. skilling

Inflection

    Inflection of skilling

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	skilling	skillingen	skillinger	skillingerne
genitive	skillings	skillingens	skillingers	skillingernes

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Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɧɪlˌɪŋ/

Noun

skilling c

1. skilling

Declension

Declension of skilling

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skilling	skillingen	skillingar	skillingarna
genitive	skillings	skillingens	skillingars	skillingarnas