Danish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sêkele (sickle).

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segl c (singular definite seglen, plural indefinite segle)

  1. sickle (tool used for harvesting)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed via Middle Low German segel from Latin sigillum (seal), a diminutive of signum (sign).

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segl n (singular definite seglet, plural indefinite segl)

  1. seal (stamp or impression used for identification)
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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

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segl n (genitive singular segls, plural segl)

  1. sail

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n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative segl seglið segl seglini
accusative segl seglið segl seglini
dative segli seglinum seglum seglunum
genitive segls seglsins segla seglanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

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Noun

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segl n (genitive singular segls, nominative plural segl)

  1. sail

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

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segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

  1. a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse segl.

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Noun

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segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)

  1. a sail
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

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Noun

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segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

  1. a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse segl

 
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Noun

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segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)

  1. a sail
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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segl

  1. imperative of segla
  2. imperative of segle

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Old Norse segl.

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seġl n or m

  1. sail
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neuter

Strong a-stem:

masculine

Strong a-stem:

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  • Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile

Etymology 2

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See siġel.

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seġl n

  1. Alternative form of siġel
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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative seġl seġl
accusative seġl seġl
genitive seġles seġla
dative seġle seġlum

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

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segl n

  1. sail

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą.

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segl

  1. sieve

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Inflection of segl (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. segl
genitive sing. seglan
partitive sing. seglad
partitive plur. segloid
singular plural
nominative segl seglad
accusative seglan seglad
genitive seglan segloiden
partitive seglad segloid
essive-instructive seglan segloin
translative seglaks segloikš
inessive seglas segloiš
elative seglaspäi segloišpäi
illative seglaha
seglha
segloihe
adessive seglal segloil
ablative seglalpäi segloilpäi
allative seglale segloile
abessive seglata segloita
comitative seglanke segloidenke
prolative segladme segloidme
approximative I seglanno segloidenno
approximative II seglannoks segloidennoks
egressive seglannopäi segloidennopäi
terminative I seglahasai
seglhasai
segloihesai
terminative II seglalesai segloilesai
terminative III seglassai
additive I seglahapäi
seglhapäi
segloihepäi
additive II seglalepäi segloilepäi
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