trefill

Icelandic

A scarf.

Etymology

From Old Norse trefill (“tatter, rag”), synchronically analyzable as traf (“fringe, wrapping”) +‎ -ill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰrɛːvɪtl/

  Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl

Noun

trefill m (genitive singular trefils, nominative plural treflar)

1. a scarf

Declension

Declension of trefill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trefill	trefillinn	treflar	treflarnir
accusative	trefil	trefilinn	trefla	treflana
dative	trefli	treflinum	treflum	treflunum
genitive	trefils	trefilsins	trefla	treflanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from “trefill”.

• hálstrefill
• kuldatrefill
• prjónatrefill
• reiðtrefill
• riðtrefill
• silkitrefill
• sjótrefill
• skinntrefill
• trefilendi
• ullartrefill

See also

• sjal

Further reading

• “trefill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).

Noun

trefill m (genitive trefils, plural treflar)

1. tatter, rag

Declension

  Declension of trefill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trefill	trefillinn	treflar	treflarnir
accusative	trefil	trefilinn	trefla	treflana
dative	trefli	treflinum	um	unum
genitive	trefils	trefilsins	trefla	treflanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: trefill
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trevl, trevle
• Norwegian Bokmål: trevl

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “trefill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive