verpill

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From verpa +‎ -ill. See parallel formation in Proto-West Germanic *wurpil (a die).

Noun[edit]

verpill m (genitive verpils, plural verplar)

  1. die (game piece)
  2. cast, barrel

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: verpill
  • Old Swedish: värpil

References[edit]

  • verpill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press