meitill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse meitill, from Proto-Germanic *maitilaz. Cognate with Faroese meitil and Norwegian Nynorsk meitel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeiːtɪtl/

  Rhymes: -eiːtɪtl

Noun

meitill m (genitive singular meitils, nominative plural meitlar)

1. chisel

Declension

declension of meitill

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meitill	meitillinn	meitlar	meitlarnir
accusative	meitil	meitilinn	meitla	meitlana
dative	meitli	meitlinum	meitlum	meitlunum
genitive	meitils	meitilsins	meitla	meitlanna

Derived terms

• meitla (“to chisel”)