From Old Norse trefill (“tatter, rag”), synchronically analyzable as traf (“fringe, wrapping”) + -ill.
trefill m (genitive singular trefils, nominative plural treflar)
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | trefill | trefillinn | treflar | treflarnir |
accusative | trefil | trefilinn | trefla | treflana |
dative | trefli | treflinum | treflum | treflunum |
genitive | trefils | trefilsins | trefla | treflanna |
Related to Proto-Germanic *trabō (“fringe”).
trefill m (genitive trefils, plural treflar)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | trefill | trefillinn | treflar | treflarnir |
accusative | trefil | trefilinn | trefla | treflana |
dative | trefli | treflinum | um | unum |
genitive | trefils | trefilsins | trefla | treflanna |