tigele

Old English

Alternative forms

• tigle, tiegle

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tigulā, from late Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula. Cognate to Old High German ziagal, Old Norse tigl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.je.le/

Noun

tiġele f

1. tile
2. brick

Declension

Declension of tigele (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tiġele	tiġelan
accusative	tiġelan	tiġelan
genitive	tiġelan	tiġelena
dative	tiġelan	tiġelum

Derived terms

• hrōftiġel
• tiġelen
• tiġelġeweorc
• tiġelstān
• tiġelwyrhta
• þæctiġele

Descendants

• Middle English: tigel, tighele, teghell, teȝele, tiȝel, tyle, tile
  • English: tile (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: tyl, tild