syssel
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English
Noun
syssel (plural syssels)
- an Icelandic administrative division
- a historical county in Scandinavia, especially Denmark
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish sysæl, syslæ, from Old Norse sýsla. Compare Old English susl.
Pronunciation
Noun
syssel c (singular definite sysselen or syslen, plural indefinite sysler)
- employment, occupation, enterprise (especially a quiet, non-binding, or less strenuous task)
- (historical) geographical area that constituted an administrative unit, originally about each of the 14 areas Jutland was divided into until the 16th century, later also about a district on the Faroe Islands, Iceland or Greenland
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | syssel | sysselen syslen |
sysler | syslerne |
| genitive | syssels | sysselens syslens |
syslers | syslernes |
(first definition)
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | syssel | sysselet syslet |
sysler | syslerne |
| genitive | syssels | sysselets syslets |
syslers | syslernes |
(second definition)
See also
References
- “syssel” in Den Danske Ordbog