Old English · noun
bil
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /bil/
- Syllables
- bil (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- apparentlybladededgesbill
Meaning
-
a kind of sword or other bladed weapon, apparently having two edges
Abrægd mid ðy bille. ― He brandished with his sword.
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *billi, from Proto-Germanic *bilją. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Beil (“pickaxe”)).
Descendants
bill
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