gyrðill

Old Norse

Etymology

Akin to gyrða +‎ -ill. From Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz. Cognate to Old English gyrdel (whence English girdle).

Noun

gyrðill m

1. girdle
2. purse

Declension

  Declension of gyrðill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gyrðill	gyrðillinn	gyrðilar	gyrðilarnir
accusative	gyrðil	gyrðilinn	gyrðila	gyrðilana
dative	gyrðili	gyrðilinum	gyrðilum	gyrðilunum
genitive	gyrðils	gyrðilsins	gyrðila	gyrðilanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gyrðill
• Faroese: gyrðil
• >? Swedish: gördel (possibly a loan from Low German)
• Danish: gjordel, gyrdel, gjortel, gyrtel, gørtel (forms influenced by Low German and Standard German)

References

• “gyrðill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press