skemill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skemill (“bench”), see fótskemill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɛːmɪtl/

  Rhymes: -ɛːmɪtl

Noun

skemill m (genitive singular skemils, nominative plural skemlar)

1. footstool

   Synonyms: fótskemill, fótaskemill

Declension

Declension of skemill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skemill	skemillinn	skemlar	skemlarnir
accusative	skemil	skemilinn	skemla	skemlana
dative	skemli	skemlinum	skemlum	skemlunum
genitive	skemils	skemilsins	skemla	skemlanna

Derived terms

• bænaskemill
• fótaskemill
• fótskemill

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German scamil (whence German Schemel (“stool”)) and Old English scamul (whence the English shambles) which are borrowings from the Vulgar Latin scamellum, a diminutive of Latin scamnum (“bench”).

Noun

skemill m

1. footstool

Derived terms

• fótskemill

Descendants

• Danish: skammel
• Icelandic: skemill
• Swedish: skammel

Further reading

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