verpill

Old Norse

Etymology

From verpa +‎ -ill. See parallel formation in Proto-West Germanic *wurpil (“a die”).

Noun

verpill m (genitive verpils, plural verplar)

1. die (game piece)
2. cast, barrel

Declension

Declension of verpill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verpill	verpillinn	verplar	verplarnir
accusative	verpil	verpilinn	verpla	verplana
dative	verpli	verplinum	verplum	verplunum
genitive	verpils	verpilsins	verpla	verplanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: verpill
• Old Swedish: värpil
  • Swedish: värpäl (dialectal)

Further reading

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