intill

Middle English

Preposition

intill

1. (Northern) Alternative form of intil

References

• “in-til, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Preposition

intill

1. Alternative form of intil

Further reading

• “intil(l, intyll, prep.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “intil, prep., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adverb

intill (not comparable)

1. next, beside (something)

   Nisse bor i rum 236 och Åsa i rummet intill

   Nisse lives in room 236 and Åsa in the room next door [in the room next]

Preposition

intill

1. next to, beside

   sätta sig tätt intill någon

   sit down [or move, if already sitting] close to someone

   (literally, “set oneself [used for sitting down somewhere] tightly next to someone”)

Derived terms

• nästintill

References

• intill in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• intill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• intill in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)