Beil

béil East Central German Etymology Compare de Beule. Noun gmw-ecg noun f gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch any large, roundish swelling on the body, e.g. a bump on the forehead or a bubo gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch bump, dent (deformation on a surface, be it outward or inward) Further reading 22 German Etymology From de gmh bīl, gmh bīhel, from de goh bīhal (whence also bar Beichl),Beil attested (in the form witubil) since the 8th century, ultimately from de gem-pro *bīþlą axe, instrumental noun from gem-pro *bītaną to bite.Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4bíþla 66 Compare nl bijl. Conflated early on with gem-pro *bilją and its descendants (de Bille). (Kluge mentioned that, in his day, a relationship to de Bicke / gmh bicke pickaxe — compare ang becca pickaxe — could not be ruled out.) Pronunciation de /baɪ̯l/ de De-Beil.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aɪ̯l 1 Noun n,(e)s chen axe, hatchet Declension n,(e)s Derived terms de Blattbeil de Fallbeil de Handbeil de Kriegsbeil de Stangenbeil References Further reading de Weapons Hunsrik Pronunciation Noun n Beiler Beilche hatchet, axe Further reading Pennsylvania German Etymology From pdc gmh bīl, gmh bīhel, from pdc goh bīhal, ultimately from pdc gem-pro *bíþla- axe, instrumental noun from gem-pro *bītaną to bite. Compare de Beil, nl bijl. Noun pdc noun n plural Beile hatchet