mistel

See also: Mistel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mistel, from Old Dutch *mistil, from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.təl/

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Noun

mistel m (plural mistels, diminutive misteltje n)

1. (archaic) Synonym of maretak (“mistletoe, Viscum album”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl

Etymology

Inherited from Old English mistel, from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmistəl/

Noun

mistel (uncountable)

1. (rare) mistletoe (Viscum album)

   Synonym: mistelto

Related terms

• mistelto

Descendants

• English: mistle
• Scots: misle

References

• “mistel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.tel/

Noun

mistel m

1. mistletoe

Usage notes

• This term is used to gloss Latin ōcimum, conventionally translated as 'basil', so it was traditionally thought to bear that meaning too. However, Latin ōcimum does not necessarily mean "basil". making this identification groundless, especially since basil is quite dissimilar to mistletoe.

Derived terms

• mistellām
• misteltān

Descendants

• Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
  • English: mistle
  • Scots: misle

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mistel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mistilteinn

Noun

mistel c

1. mistletoe

Declension

Declension of mistel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mistel	mistels
	definite	misteln	mistelns
plural	indefinite	mistlar	mistlars
	definite	mistlarna	mistlarnas

References

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