# segl
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sajˀl/, [ˈsɑjˀl]
* Homophone: sejl
* Rhymes: -ajl

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German sêkele (“sickle”).

#### Noun

segl c (singular definite seglen, plural indefinite segle)
* sickle (tool used for harvesting)

##### Declension
#### References

* “segl,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Borrowed via Middle Low German segel from Latin sigillum (“seal”), a diminutive of signum (“sign”).

#### Noun

segl n (singular definite seglet, plural indefinite segl)
* seal (stamp or impression used for identification)

##### Declension
#### References

* “segl,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

### Noun

segl n (genitive singular segls, plural segl)
* sail

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛkl/
* Rhymes: -ɛkl

### Noun

segl n (genitive singular segls, nominative plural segl)
* sail

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛjl/, [sæɪ̯l]

#### Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)
* a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse segl.

#### Alternative forms

* seil

#### Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla or seglene)
* a sail

##### Derived terms

* seglskip

### References

* “segl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin sigillum, via Middle Low German segel.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛɡl/

#### Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)
* a seal (impression (often in wax) on a document as a symbol of authenticity)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse segl

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛɡl/

#### Noun

segl n (definite singular seglet, indefinite plural segl, definite plural segla)
* a sail

##### Derived terms

* seglfartøy
* seglskip

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛɡl/

#### Verb

segl
* imperative of segla
* imperative of segle

### References

* “segl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* seġel, sweġel

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sejl/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Old Norse segl.

#### Noun

seġl n or m
* sail

##### Declension
###### neuter

Strong a-stem:

###### masculine

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* siġlan

##### Descendants

* Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile
** Scots: sail, saill, sale
** English: sail

### Etymology 2

See siġel.

#### Noun

seġl n
* Alternative form of siġel

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seglą.

### Noun

segl n
* sail

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: segl
* Faroese: segl
* Norn: segel
* Norwegian Nynorsk: segl
** → Norwegian Bokmål: segl
* Old Swedish: sæghl
** Swedish: segel
* Old Danish: seyl
** Danish: sejl
*** Norwegian Bokmål: seil
** Scanian: seğl
* Gutnish: segel, sjägel, sigel, sjägul
* → Old French: sigle, seigle

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “segl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą.

### Noun

segl
* sieve