skilling

See also: Skilling

English

Etymology 1

From skill (verb).

Verb

skilling

1. present participle and gerund of skill

Etymology 2

From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

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

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skelenɡ/, [ˈsɡ̊elˀeŋ]

Noun

skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)

1. skilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
2. small donation

Inflection

Declension of skilling

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

Synonyms

(small donation): skærv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Akin to English shilling. Doublet of schilling and shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪlːɪŋ/

Noun

skilling m (definite singular skillingen, indefinite plural skillingar, definite plural skillingane)

1. (numismatics) shilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
2. a coin (any coin)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Ein Skilling, som er spard, er tvo Gonger tent.

     A shilling that is saved, is twice earned.

Further reading

• “skilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skillinger, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧɪlˌɪŋ/

Noun

skilling c

1. skilling (coin)

Declension

Declension of skilling

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

References

• skilling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skilling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• killings