Old English · noun
syl
Normalised sȳl
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /syːl/
- Syllables
- syːl (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- pillarsilecolumnsupport
Meaning
-
pillar, column; support
Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.
The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“pillar”). Akin to Gothic (sauls, “pillar”), German Säule.
Descendants
sile
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