Eil

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See also: eil, eil-, eil., -eil, Éil, and éilʼ

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Eule.

Noun

Eil f (plural Eiln)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) owl

References

2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37:

Further reading

  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 5

German

Noun

Eil f

  1. (poetic) Apocopic form of Eile
    • 1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum‎, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, :
      Nun rückt, Hippolyta, die Hochzeitsstunde / Mit Eil heran; vier frohe Tage bringen / Den neuen Mond; doch, o wie langsam nimmt / Der alte ab!
      Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour / Draws on apace; four happy days bring in / Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow / This old moon wanes!

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German ūwila, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ. Cognate with German Eule, Dutch uil, English owl, Icelandic ugla.

Pronunciation

Noun

Eil f (plural Eilen)

  1. owl

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

Compare German Eule, Dutch uil, English owl.

Noun

Eil f (plural Eile)

  1. owl

Etymology 2

Compare German Eile, Dutch ijl.

Noun

Eil f

  1. haste

Plautdietsch

Noun

Eil f (plural Eile)

  1. barley bread

Noun

Eil n

  1. hurry, rush

Rhine Franconian

Alternative forms

Noun

Eil f (plural Eile)

  1. owl
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