skilling

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English

Etymology 1

From skill (verb).

Verb

skilling

  1. present participle and gerund of skill

Etymology 2

From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

Wikipedia
  1. (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

Compare sheeling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

  1. 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 […]
  2. A small addition to a cottage.

Anagrams

Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.

Pronunciation

Noun

skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)

  1. skilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
  2. small donation

Inflection

Declension of skilling
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skilling skillingen skillinger skillingerne
genitive skillings skillingens skillingers skillingernes

Synonyms

(small donation): skærv

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Akin to English shilling. Doublet of schilling and shilling.

Pronunciation

Noun

skilling m (definite singular skillingen, indefinite plural skillingar, definite plural skillingane)

  1. (numismatics) shilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
  2. 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

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish skillinger, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.

Pronunciation

Noun

skilling c

  1. skilling (coin)

Declension

Declension of skilling
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skilling skillings
definite skillingen skillingens
plural indefinite skillingar skillingars
definite skillingarna skillingarnas

References

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