bil – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of bil

Noun: bil
Gender: n

Nominative

Singularbil
Pluralbil

Genitive

Singularbilles
Pluralbilla

Dative

Singularbille
Pluralbillum

Accusative

Singularbil
Pluralbil

Sample Sentences

  • Abrægd mid ðy bille. ― He brandished with his sword.
  • Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ. (I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:]

Nouns inflected like bil

godspel, bil, spel,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *billi, from Proto-Germanic *bilją. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Beil (“pickaxe”)). See: German Nouns 'Beil'.

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