þistill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þistill, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪstɪtl/

  Rhymes: -ɪstɪtl

Noun

þistill m (genitive singular þistils, nominative plural þistlar)

1. thistle (plant of the genus Cirsium)
   1. specifically, the creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þistill	þistillinn	þistlar	þistlarnir
accusative	þistil	þistilinn	þistla	þistlana
dative	þistli	þistlinum	þistlum	þistlunum
genitive	þistils	þistilsins	þistla	þistlanna

Declension of þistill (masculine)

Derived terms

• þistilhjarta

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þistilaz.

Noun

þistill m (genitive þistils, plural þistlar)

1. thistle

Declension

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þistill	þistillinn	þistlar	þistlarnir
accusative	þistil	þistilinn	þistla	þistlana
dative	þistli	þistlinum	þistlum	þistlunum
genitive	þistils	þistilsins	þistla	þistlanna

  Declension of þistill (strong a-stem)

Descendants

• Faroese: tistil
• Icelandic: þistill
• Norwegian Bokmål: tistel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tistel
• Swedish: tistel

References

• þistill in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.