hyll

• hyj

Variant of yll (“star”). Related to hyj (“god”). Disputed etymology:

• From Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los (compare Old English ysle (“hot ashes”)), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”) (compare Latin ūrere, Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”)).^[1]
• From Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los (compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”)), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).^[2]

hyll m (plural hyje, definite hylli, definite plural hyjet)

1. (archaic) star

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Wikipedia ^no

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyller, definite plural hyllene)

1. an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

• hyllebær

• “hyll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hyll” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From a Germanic root *holana-, related to Middle Low German holder, holdern, and German Holunder.

hyll m (definite singular hyllen, indefinite plural hyllar, definite plural hyllane)

1. an elder or elderberry, small tree of genus Sambucus.

• hyllebær

• “hyll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hulliz.

• IPA^(key): /xyll/,

hyll f

1. hill

Strong ō-stem:

This word is also sometimes masculine: Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: hil, hyl, hille, hylle, hul, hulle, helle
  • English: hill
  • Scots: hill, hull
  • Yola: hele, hile, hill

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨ̞ɬ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hɪɬ/

hyll (feminine singular hell, plural hyllion, equative hylled or cyn hyll, comparative hyllach or mwy hyll, superlative hyllaf or mwyaf hyll, not mutable)

1. ugly

• diolwr
• hagr
• salw

• hardd
• pert
• teg
• tlws