kyrtill
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kyrtill, cognate with English kirtle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kyrtill m (genitive singular kyrtils, nominative plural kyrtlar)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Latin curtus (“short”), along with Old English cyrtel.
Noun edit
kyrtill m
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Entry "kyrtill" on page 256 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.