kyrtill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kyrtill, cognate with English kirtle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪr̥tɪtl/
• Homophone: kirtill

Noun

kyrtill m (genitive singular kyrtils, nominative plural kyrtlar)

1. gown, tunic, robe
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

Declension

Declension of kyrtill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kyrtill	kyrtillinn	kyrtlar	kyrtlarnir
accusative	kyrtil	kyrtilinn	kyrtla	kyrtlana
dative	kyrtli	kyrtlinum	kyrtlum	kyrtlunum
genitive	kyrtils	kyrtilsins	kyrtla	kyrtlanna

Old Norse

kyrtill - Men dressed in kirtles of the High Middle Ages

kyrtill - Women dressed in 14th century kirtles busy with cutting and sewing linen cloth.

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin curtus (“short”), along with Old English cyrtel.

Noun

kyrtill m

1. (clothing) kirtle, tunic (a one-piece garment)

Derived terms

• undirkyrtill
• dragkyrtill
• kvennkyrtill
• námkyrtill
• línkyrtill
• skrúðkyrtill

Related terms

• skyrta
• brók
• hosa
• belti
• treyja
• klæði
• dúkr
• rokkr
• hekla
• skrúðklæði
• skrúðhosa
• stuttbroekr

Descendants

• Danish: kjortel, kjole
  • → Faroese: kjóli
  • → Greenlandic: kjoleq
  • → Icelandic: kjóll
• Faroese: kyrtil
• Icelandic: kyrtill
• Norwegian (Nynorsk): kjortel
• Norwegian (Bokmål): kjortel
• Swedish: kjortel

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kyrtill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 256; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Kyrtill”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.