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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From skill (verb).
Verb[edit]
skilling
- present participle and gerund of skill
Etymology 2[edit]
From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.
Noun[edit]
skilling (plural skillings)
- (historical) A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).
Etymology 3[edit]
Compare sheeling.
Noun[edit]
skilling (plural skillings)
- A bay of a barn.
- 1844, James Atkinson, An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales:
- The barn may be built with lean-to's or skillings all round […]
- A small addition to a cottage.
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of skilling
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skilling | skillingen | skillinger | skillingerne |
genitive | skillings | skillingens | skillingers | skillingernes |
Synonyms[edit]
(small donation): skærv
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Akin to English shilling. Doublet of schilling and shilling.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skilling m (definite singular skillingen, indefinite plural skillingar, definite plural skillingane)
- (numismatics) shilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
- a coin (any coin)
- 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:
- Ein Skilling, som er spard, er tvo Gonger tent.
- A shilling that is saved, is twice earned.
Further reading[edit]
- “skilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish skillinger, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skilling c
- skilling (coin)
Declension[edit]
Declension of skilling | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skilling | skillingen | skillingar | skillingarna |
Genitive | skillings | skillingens | skillingars | skillingarnas |
References[edit]
- skilling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skilling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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