syssel

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Noun

syssel (plural syssels)

1. an Icelandic administrative division
2. a historical county in Scandinavia, especially Denmark

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sysæl, syslæ, from Old Norse sýsl, Proto-Germanic *seuhslō, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-. Compare Old English susl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsysəl]

Noun

syssel c (singular definite sysselen or syslen, plural indefinite sysler)

1. employment, occupation, enterprise (especially a quiet, non-binding, or less strenuous task)
2. (historical) geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland

Declension

Declension of syssel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syssel	sysselen syslen	sysler	syslerne
genitive	syssels	sysselens syslens	syslers	syslernes

(first definition)

Declension of syssel

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syssel	sysselet syslet	sysler	syslerne
genitive	syssels	sysselets syslets	syslers	syslernes

(second definition)

See also

• sysle
• syslen
• sysselmand
• hjemmesyssel
• fritidssyssel
• kvindesyssel
• småsysler
• sysselsætning
• sysselsætte

References

• “syssel” in Den Danske Ordbog