Noun: bil
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | billes |
| Plural | billa |
Dative
| Singular | bille |
| Plural | billum |
Sample Sentences
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Abrægd mid ðy bille. ― He brandished with his sword.
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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:]
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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